Voltaire e a historia do estado civilizador
AUTOR(ES)
Luiz Francisco Albuquerque de Miranda
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2003
RESUMO
This present work discourses on the role of the state in the philosophical and historiographical writings of Voltaire. It discusses the links he establishes between the legitimacy of the political power and the concept of civilizing process. Being rooted in Voltaire s writings upon the organization of the Chinese empire and the French monarchy, this work analyzes how the philosopher presents the state s centralization as an effective form of controlling the passions and responding to the political, economic and religious conflicts that threatens the public order. From this perspective, the state, when it consolidates its authority and restricts- the- tyranny of the rulers, is thought of as a civilizing agent
ASSUNTO(S)
filosofia francesa historiografia iluminismo despotismo filosofia politica
