HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Mary Shelley, Montesquieu, Mary Wollstonecraft
8 Aug 2013
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Being a philosophe (or: enlightened ) in the 18th-century. > knowledge production changes over time; salon + academy. Galileo 1630"s found himself prosecuted by ecclesiastics for promotion of heliocentric universe; resistant to new ideas: academy foundations set up my french/english crown; generate knowledge that patrons didn"t like; ex. English royal society king charles ii limited funding; devoted to production of useful knowledge of social/natural problems: restaurant french invention; nice to go out, someone else do cooking; feature of. Enlightenment: patterns of thought shaped in 18th century, philosophes: someone broadly interested in knowledge/ideas, your age, race, gender, socio-economic background did not matter. Benjamin franklin: benjamin franklin, pseudonym richard saunders (1706-1790, american statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, inventor and scientist. Mary wollstonecraft godwin: mary wollstonecraft godwin (1759-1797) 2: anglo-irish feminist and writer, french gave access to literature > french = common language of enlightenment; French language, style, clothing, food, manners become the ones to copy; why.
