Clandestine Philosophy

New Studies on Subversive Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe, 1620-1823

By: Gianni Paganini (Editor), Margaret C. Jacob (Editor), John Christian Laursen (Editor)

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Hardcover | 11 February 2020

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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. The purveyors of the clandestine could be found in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, and not least in Paris or London. Despite the heavy risks, including prison, the circulation of these manuscripts was a prosperous venture.

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. Topics from philosophy, political and religious thought, and moral and sexual behaviour are addressed by contemporary authors working in both America and Europe. These manuscripts shed light on the birth of pornography and provide an important avenue for investigating philosophical, religious, political, and social critique.

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The philosophical manuscript is an early modern literary genre par excellence, and its existence is itself the consequence of modern historical circumstances. Clandestine Philosophy contributes to a wider vision of this clandestine philosophical phenomenon.

- Sonja Lavaert, Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

With serious exemplars of state-of-the-art research, Clandestine Philosophy is a must-read for every scholar working on Enlightenment themes.

- Justin Champion, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London

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