Visuality can be generically described as the quality of the visual,that is,as the given visual field in which a subject’s attention is concentrated.In fact,the visual is intrinsically linked to human vision,and this...
The Eskimo entry of the Diderot&d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie[Encyclopaedia]conveys a stereotyped,preformed,and caricatured image of the folk,built in with bias,omissions,and generalizations.It emphasizes their bestial...
In my paper, I show how the metaphysical aspect of the earlier concepts of love faded away through the disappearance of the essential references to God as the one, omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent being of the cr...
The article examines the tradition of the writing of Encyclopaedias and historical dictionaries in seventeenth and eighteenth century France. The main ones--by Bayle, Chambers, and by the group assembled by d'Alember...