Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Heyer, Andreas (Hrsg.), Der lange Weg zur Revolution: Das politische Denken Denis Diderots. (Staatsverstaendnisse 152) 254 S. 2021:8 (Nomos, GW) <668-47>
ISBN 978-3-8487-7750-1 paper ¥12,711.- (税込) EUR 54.00 *

Als einziger Vertreter der Generation der franzoesischen Aufklaerung um 1750 entwickelte Denis Diderot eine dezidierte Revolutionstheorie. Der auch heute noch als Herausgeber der ?Encyclopedie“ und Verfasser mehrerer Romane bekannte Intellektuelle entwickelte auch eine politische Philosophie, die, ausgehend von Fragen der Erkenntnistheorie und Demokratietheorie, zahlreiche Facetten entwickelte: Atheismus, Materialismus, Absolutismuskritik usw. Im vorliegenden Band gehen die 10 Autoren verschiedenen Aspekten dieser Prozesse nach und beleuchten so die Kontexte, in denen sich Diderots Denken permanent radikalisierte: bis zur Positivierung der amerikanischen Revolution. Mit Beitraegen von Christine Abbt, Andreas Heyer, Nikolas Immer, Till Kinzel, Christiane Landgrebe, Hans-Juergen Luesebrink, Urs Marti-Brander, Volker Mueller, Peter Seyferth und Damien Tricoire.

Lynn, Michael R. (ed.), Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment. (Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic) 256 pp. 2022:3 (Routledge, UK) <668-48>
ISBN 978-0-367-50277-5 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-50276-8 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment argues for the centrality of magical practices and ideas throughout the long eighteenth century.Although the hunt for witches in Europe declined precipitously after 1650, and the intellectual justification for natural magic came under fire by 1700, belief in magic among the general population did not come to a sudden stop. The philosophes continued to take aim at magical practices, alongside religion, as examples of superstitions that an enlightened age needed to put behind them. In addition to a continuity of beliefs and practices, the eighteenth century also saw improvement and innovation in magical ideas, the understanding of ghosts, and attitudes toward witchcraft. The volume takes a broad geographical approach and includes essays focusing on Great Britain (England and Ireland), France, Germany, and Hungary. It also takes a wide approach to the subject and includes essays on astrology, alchemy, witchcraft, cunning folk, ghosts, treasure hunters, and purveyors of magic.With a broad chronological scope that ranges from the end of the seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, this volume is useful for undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars, and those with a general interest in magic, witchcraft, and spirits in the Enlightenment.

Papy, Jan / Van Houdt, Toon / Janssens, Marijke (eds.), Justus Lipsius, Monita et exempla politica / Political Admonitions and Examples: Edited with Translation, Commentary and Introduction. (Bibliotheca Latinitatis Novae) 750 pp. 2022:3 (Leuven U. Pr., BE) <668-49>
ISBN 978-94-6270-305-6 hard ¥45,892.- (税込) EUR 149.00

Vartija, Devin J., The Color of Equality: Race and Common Humanity in Enlightenment Thought. (Intellectual History of the Modern Age) 312 pp. 2021:8 (U. Pennsylvania Pr., US) <668-50>
ISBN 978-0-8122-5319-1 hard ¥14,014.- (税込) US$ 65.00 *

The Enlightenment is often either praised as the wellspring of modern egalitarianism or condemned as the cradle of scientific racism. How should we make sense of this paradox? The Color of Equality is the first book to investigate both the inclusive language of common humanity and the hierarchical language of race in Enlightenment thought, seeking to understand how eighteenth-century thinkers themselves made sense of these tensions. Using three major Enlightenment encyclopedias from England, France, and Switzerland, the book provides a rich contextualization of the conflicting ideas of equality and race in eighteenth-century thought. Enlightenment thinkers used physical features to categorize humanity into novel "racial" groups in a discourse that was imbued with Eurocentric aesthetic and moral judgments. Simultaneously, however, these very same thinkers politicized equality by putting it to new uses, such as a vitriolic denunciation of slavery and inhumane treatment that was grounded in the nascent philosophy of human rights. Vartija contends that the tension between Enlightenment ideas of race and equality can best be explained by these thinkers' attempt to provide a naturalistic account of humanity, including both our physical and moral attributes. Enlightenment racial classification fits into the novel inclusion of humanity in histories of nature, while the search for the origins of morality in social experience alone lent equality a normative authority it had not previously possessed. Eschewing straightforward approbation or blame of the Enlightenment, The Color of Equality demonstrates that our present-day thinking about human physical and cultural diversity continues to be deeply informed by an eighteenth-century European intellectual revolution with global ramifications.

Sakamoto, Tatsuya, David Hume and Adam Smith: A Japanese Perspective. 144 pp. 2021:5 (Routledge, UK) <663-P80>
ISBN 978-0-367-68302-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book brings together a significant body of work by Tatsuya Sakamoto, a leading Japanesescholar of the history of social and economic thought, showcasing his major contributions to the study of David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Scottish Enlightenment. One of Sakamoto's persistent interests is in both philosophy and economics, which is of much importance for Hume scholars. Many "Humeans" has been interested in Hume's economic thought, although the latter has often been discussed separately from his philosophy. Sakamoto has attempted to grasp Hume's social philosophy under the concept of "Hume's philosophical economics" or his "system of manners". Sakamoto has also contributed to Hume's biographical research, such as the dating of Hume's manuscript and the discovery of an additional proof of his anonymous review of Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments. Sakamoto's extensive knowledge and interest covers Adam Smith as well as Francis Hutcheson, with special focus on the genesis of economics and the development of moral theory in the Scottish Enlightenment. Also, Sakamoto has exhibited his lifelong interest in the intersection between the West and the East in modern intellectual history and the final section of the book explores how Smith's ideas have influenced Japanese intellectuals since the early Meiji period.This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of the history of economic thought, Hume studies, and intellectual history more broadly.