
These manuscripts shed light on the birth of pornography and provide an important avenue for investigating philosophical, religious, political, and social critique. Topics from philosophy, political and religious thought, and moral and sexual behaviour are addressed by contemporary authors working in both America and Europe. Clandestine philosophy: new studies on subversive manuscripts in early modern Europe, 16201823 edited by Gianni Paganini, Margaret C. Subtitle of host publication, New Studies on Subversive Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe, 1620-1823.

After Ira Wade’s pioneering contribution (1938), Clandestine Philosophy is the first work in English entirely focused on the philosophical clandestine manuscripts that preceded and accompanied the birth of the Enlightenment. Find a huge variety of new & used Philosophy Renaissance books online including bestsellers & rare titles at the best prices.

Despite the heavy risks, including prison, the circulation of these manuscripts was a prosperous venture. This book was released on 2020 with total page 449 pages. Buy the eBook Clandestine Philosophy, New Studies on Subversive Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe, 1620-1823 by Gianni Paganini online from Australias.

The purveyors of the clandestine could be found in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, and not least in Paris or London. Download or read book Clandestine Philosophy written by Gianni Paganini and published by University of Toronto Press. Clandestine philosophical manuscripts, made up of forbidden works including erotic texts, political pamphlets, satires of court life, forbidden religious texts, and books about the occult, had an avid readership in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, becoming objects of historical research by the twentieth century.
