Article

Dreaming about or getting to know the Middle Kingdom in the 18th century? The image of China in the France of the Enlightenment

Variant title

Songer ou connaître l’Empire du Milieu au XVIIIe? L’image de la Chine dans la France des Lumières

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting the image of China elaborated by Western observers, especially French ones, during the age of the Enlightenment. The paper is the last scientific contribution by Michel Henri Kowalewicz before his death. Although unfinished, we decided to publish this work in the journal he founded, and left us in heritage, in the conviction that this fragment of memory can benefit the research field of the history of ideas.

Keywords

China, Enlightenment,

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26106/0FXZ-JZ80

Language

French (fr)

Author

Michel Henri KowalewiczJagiellonian University in Krakow

Issue

Orbis Idearum Volume 5, Issue 2 (2017), pp. 75-112
Regular Issue

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