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Rousseau and Revolution: The Story of Civilization, Volume X
 9781451647679, 1451647670

Table of contents :
Dedication
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Book I: Prelude
Chapter I. Rousseau Wanderer: 1712-56
I. The Confessions
II. Homeless
III. Maman
IV. Lyons, Venice, Paris
V. Is Civilization a Disease?
VI. Paris and Geneva
VII. The Crimes of Civilization
VIII. The Conservative
IX. Escape from Paris
Chapter II. The Seven Years' War: 1756-63
I. How to Start a War
II. The Outlaw
III. From Prague to Rossbach
IV. The Fox at Bay
V. The Making of the British Empire
VI. Exhaustion
VII. Peace
Book II: France Before the Deluge: 1757-74
Chapter III. The Life of the State I. The Mistress DepartsII. The Recovery of France
III. The Physiocrats
IV. The Rise of Turgot
V. The Communists
VI. The King
VII. Du Barry
VIII. Choiseul
IX. The Revolt of the Parlements
X. The King Departs
Chapter IV. The art of Life
I. Morality and Grace
II. Music
III. The Theater
IV. Marmontel
V. The Life of Art
1. Sculpture
2. Architecture
3. Greuze
4. Fragonard
VI. The Great Salons
1. Mme. Geoffrin
2. Mme. du Deffand
3. Mlle, de Lespinasse
Chapter V. Voltaire Patriarch: 1758-78
I. The Good Lord
II. The Scepter of the Pen
III. Voltaire Politicus
IV. The Reformer V. Voltaire HimselfChapter VI. Rousseau Romantic: 1756-62
I. In the Hermitage
II. In Love
III. Much Ado
IV. The Break with the Philosophes
V. The new Héloïse
Chapter VII. Rousseau Philosopher
I. The Social Contract
II. Émile
1. Education
2. Religion
3. Love and Marriage
Chapter VIII. Rousseau Outcast: 1762-67
I. Flight
II. Rousseau and the Archbishop
III. Rousseau and the Calvinists
IV. Rousseau and Voltaire
V. Boswell Meets Rousseau
VI. A Constitution for Corsica
VII. Fugitive
VIII. Rousseau in England
Book III: The Catholic South: 1715-89 Chapter IX. Italia Felix: 1715-59I. The Landscape
II. Music
III. Religion
IV. From Turin to Florence
V. Queen of the Adriatic
1. Venetian Life
2. Vivaldi
3. Remembrances
4. Tiepolo
5. Goldoni and Gozzi
VI. Rome
VII. Naples
1. The King and the People
2. Giambattista Vico
3. Neapolitan Music
Chapter X. Portugal and Pombal: 1706-82
I. John V
II. Pombal and the Jesuits
III. Pombal the Reformer
IV. The Triumph of the Past
Chapter XI. Spain and the Enlightenment: 1700-88
I. Milieu
II. Philip V
III. Ferdinand VI
IV. The Enlightenment Enters
IX. Francisco de Goya y Spain V. Charles III1. The New Government
2. The Spanish Reformation
3. The New Economy
VI. The Spanish Character
VII. The Spanish Mind
VIII. Spanish Art
IX. Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
1. Growth
2. Romance
3. Zenith
4. Revolution
5. Decrescendo
Chapter XII. Vale, Italia: 1760-89
I. Farewell Tour
II. Popes, Kings, and Jesuits
III. The Law and Beccaria
IV. Adventurers
1. Cagliostro
2. Casanova
V. Winckelmann
VI. The Artists
VII. I Musici
VIII. Alfieri
Chapter XIII. The Enlightenment in Austria: 1756-90
I. The New Empire
II. Maria Theresa
III. Joseph Growing

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