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Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
Robert Zaretsky
Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
Robert Zaretsky
In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.
272 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 18, 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9780674737907 |
Publishers | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 177 × 212 × 17 mm · 444 g |
Language | English |
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