by Philipp Blom · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433962546
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«Encyclopédie. El triunfo de la razón en tiempos irracionales» is the historical essay by Philipp Blom, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardback.
In 1750s Paris, a group of young intellectuals translates an English dictionary to earn a living; the project becomes Diderot and D’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, banned by the Pope. Philipp Blom recounts the friendships, ruptures and dangers of its protagonists and their central role in the Enlightenment.
Volume 359 of the Argumentos collection; translation by Javier Calzada; 464 pages; original publication on 12 January 2007.
For readers of cultural and intellectual history, especially those interested in the eighteenth century and the biographies of its thinkers.
Philipp Blom is a German historian, novelist, journalist and translator.
