Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau made it the central element of his political theory, and it took on a life of its own during the French Revolution ... as well as of Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment (2007) and ...

From the first coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire to Boston’s London Coffee House, cafes have always been an egalitarian ...

Later, during the Enlightenment, as the West moved to exclude ... Surprisingly, Kaldellis identifies Jean-Jacques Rousseau as the Western theorist closest to the Byzantine tradition, citing ...

The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

the concept of a Counter-Enlightenment; and the move from a private to a public sphere of cultural inquiry. The contributions of Newton, Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau - among others - ...

In The Enlightenment’s Animals Nathaniel Wolloch takes a broad view of changing conceptions of animals in European culture during the long eighteenth century. Combining discussions of intellectual ...

During the Middle Ages ... leading to the Enlightenment, where thinkers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau articulated notions of personal liberty and social contract.

Châtelet’s scientific contributions were appreciated by some, then forgotten by all. But redeeming her as a mind shouldn’t ...

Presumably, God sent Covid as a rebuke to the so-called illiberal right. You know who I’m talking about, don’t you? National conservatives, Catholic integralists, and the like. They read ...

New Orleans' Cafe du Monde, founded in 1862, is a fixture in the French Quarter for its coffee and beignets. Whether it's for a cup of Joe, a heady conversation, or simply a place to start the day, ...