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Casanova
Enlightenment philosopher
Edited by
IVO CERMAN, SUSAN REYNOLDS
and DIEGO LUCCI
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Casanova: Enlightenment philosopher
Edited by IVO CERMAN, SUSAN REYNOLDS and DIEGO LUCCI
The stereotype of Casanova as a promiscuous and unscrupulous lover has been
so pervasive that generations of historians have failed to take serious account of
his philosophical legacy. This has recently changed, however, as the publication
of the definitive edition of his memoirs and the majority of his longer treatises has
heralded a surge of interest in the writer. This book constitutes an interpretive
turn in Casanova studies in which the author is positioned as a highly perceptive
and engaged observer of the Enlightenment.
Drawing primarily on Casanova’s large body of manuscripts and lesserknown works, the contributors reveal a philosopher whose writings covered
topics ranging from sensual pleasure to suicide. Analysing Casanova’s œuvre
from the perspective of moral philosophy, contributors show how several of his
works – including his historical writings and satirical essays on human folly –
contribute to the Enlightenment quest for a secular morality. A major feature of
this book is the first English annotated translation of Federico Di Trocchio’s
seminal article ‘The philosophy of an adventurer’, which paved the way for a reevaluation of Casanova as a serious philosopher. In subsequent chapters
contributors uncover the Italian context of Casanova’s anticlericalism, analyse
the sources of his views on suicide and explore the philosophical dialogues
contained in his recently published manuscripts. Casanova: Enlightenment
philosopher marks a turning point in literary and philosophical studies of the
eighteenth century, and is an indispensable resource for analysing and
interpreting the work of this previously overlooked Enlightenment thinker.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
List of abbreviations
List of tables
IVO CERMAN, Introduction: the philosophy of Giacomo Casanova
Part I: Casanova’s philosophy: an overview
1. IVO CERMAN, Casanova’s observations on moral philosophy
2. †FEDERICO DI TROCCHIO, The philosophy of the adventurer: Giacomo Casanova
beyond libertinism and Enlightenment
Part II: National contexts
3. W OLFGANG ROTHER, Italian Enlightenment debates on religion and Church:
Casanova’s philosophy and its background
4. MACIEJ FORYCKI, Casanova and his considerations on the partition of Poland
Part III: Case studies
5. PAOLO L. BERNARDINI and DIEGO LUCCI, Casanova on suicide
6. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE IGALENS, Casanova: writing the dream between philosophy and
autobiography
7. GERARD LAHOUATI, Voltaire, Casanova and the Dialogues chrétiens: an
investigation
8. IVO CERMAN, ‘Je viens pour vous convertir’: Casanova’s dialogues on philosophy
and religion
Summaries
Bibliography
Index
Ivo Cerman is Lecturer in history at the University of South Bohemia.
Susan Reynolds is a Content Specialist in the department of Research
Engagement at the British Library.
Diego Lucci is Professor of philosophy at the American University in Bulgaria.
Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, September 2016
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