{"product_id":"9781836240402","title":"La Societe litteraire de Lausanne : Sociabilite et debats de reforme by Damiano Bardelli","description":"Sise au croisement des principaux axes routiers du continent, dans le dernier tiers du XVIIIe si?cle Lausanne accueille une florissante communaut? d'?trangers - plus ou moins titr?s, plus ou moins brillants - avec lesquels les membres de l'?lite locale aiment se m?ler. La vie sociale de la ville, en phase avec les derni?res tendances europ?ennes, mais r?gie par des logiques famili?res propres ? un centre urbain de petite taille, attire les ?loges de figures telles que Voltaire et Edward Gibbon, qui y s?journent ? plusieurs reprises. Parmi les diff?rents foyers de sociabilit? lausannois, la Soci?t? litt?raire se distingue par son cosmopolitisme et son engagement avec les principaux d?bats de l'Europe des Lumi?res.    Cet ouvrage reconstruit la composition, les pratiques et l'activit? intellectuelle de la Soci?t? litt?raire de Lausanne sur la base de sa riche collection manuscrite, jusqu'ici largement inexploit?e. En la mettant en perspective avec les pratiques de sociabilit? et les d?bats de r?forme de l'?poque, il brosse le portrait d'une institution organis?e pour accueillir des profils vari?s - issus de l'Europe nord-occidentale, centrale et orientale - et vou?e aux grands th?mes du moment. Par l'analyse de ses d?bats autour de la sensibilit?, des pr?jug?s, du droit p?nal, du luxe et de la d?population, il offre un aper?u des dynamiques intellectuelles des Lumi?res ? Lausanne et invite ? interroger les interpr?tations courantes des Lumi?res par la mise en ?vidence du rapport dialectique entre leur dimension continentale et locale.    Sitting in the heart of Europe, in the last third of the 18th century Lausanne was home to a thriving community of foreigners - some titled, some brilliant - with whom members of the local elite liked to mingle. The city's social life, in tune with the latest European trends but governed by familiar logics specific to a small urban center, attracted the praise of figures such as Voltaire and Edward Gibbon, who stayed there on several occasions. Among Lausanne's societies and clubs, the Literary Society stood out for its cosmopolitanism and its involvement with the main debates of the European Enlightenment.    This book reconstructs the composition, practices and intellectual activity of the Lausanne Literary Society on the basis of its rich manuscript collection, hitherto largely unexploited. By placing it in perspective with the sociability practices and reform debates of the time, it paints the portrait of an institution organized to welcome a variety of profiles - from North-Western, Central and Eastern Europe - and dedicated to the major themes of the day. Through an analysis of its debates on sensibility, prejudice, criminal law, luxury and depopulation, it offers a glimpse into the intellectual dynamics of the Enlightenment in Lausanne and invites us to question current interpretations of the Enlightenment by highlighting the dialectical relationship between its continental and local dimensions.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420027400565,"sku":"9781836240402","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781836240402","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}