history of anthropology; cultural transfer; journalism
Abstract :
[en] What is Dunbar's position towards Dubos', Montesquieu's and Ferguson's climatology and environmental influence on race? To which extent did he suscribe to Helvetius's and Hume's skeptical considerations about this determination? We link this opposition to the one, established by Z. Sternhell, between a mere "Enlightement" associating Locke and Kant and a pre-romantic anti-Enlightenment illustrated by Burke or Herder. We consider the reception of Dunbar's Essays in the French, British and German scientific press.
Research center :
Société wqllonne d'étude du 18e siècle
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
Droixhe, Daniel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues et littératures romanes > Département de langues et littératures romanes
Collart, Muriel
Language :
French
Title :
Climat, race, caractère national et langage chez James Dunbar (1780). Un cas journalistique de transmission des "Lumières écossaises tardives".
Alternative titles :
[en] Climate, Race, National Character and Language according to James Dunbar (1780). A Case of Journalistic Transfer of the "Scottish Late Enlightenment".
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Lumières
ISSN :
1762-4630
Publisher :
Revue du Centre Interdisciplinaire Bordelais d'Etude des Lumières. Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux III (CIBEL), Pessac, France
Special issue title :
Les Lumières dans leur siècle, coordonné par Didier Masseau et Gérard Laudin
