Le Voyage du Philosophe

Examining the fiction of three major writers of the French Enlightenment (Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot), this essay considers how these writers confront the traveling Philosophe with his prejudice of universalization, his fanaticism of the self, and his cultural narcissism. These texts are sho...

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Published in:Modern language studies 1991-01, Vol.21 (1), p.66-73
Main Author: Amand, Pierre St
Format: Article
Language:eng ; fre
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Summary:Examining the fiction of three major writers of the French Enlightenment (Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot), this essay considers how these writers confront the traveling Philosophe with his prejudice of universalization, his fanaticism of the self, and his cultural narcissism. These texts are shown to provide some elements towards an anthropology of the relative, of communication between cultures, of diversity, and of hospitality. My analysis will show that a more progressive aspect of the Enlightenment can be demonstrated.
ISSN:0047-7729
DOI:10.2307/3195119