(previously SVEC) Casanova Enlightenment philosopher Edited by IVO CERMAN, SUSAN REYNOLDS and DIEGO LUCCI Vf VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION • UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD [email protected] www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk 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 lesser- known 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 re- evaluation 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. WOLFGANG 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 ISBN 978-0-7294-1184-4, xvi+248 pages, £60 / €80 / $90 VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION • UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION ORDER FORM Voir au verso pour les commandes en France. Please send the completed form to: Administrator, Voltaire Foundation, 99 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6JX, UK (fax +44 (0) 1865 284610). 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