Contingency, Freedom, and Uchronic Narratives: Charles Renouvier's Philosophy of History in the Shadow of the Franco-Prussian War
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DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2021.0013
Abstract: Abstract:In 1876, the French philosopher Charles Renouvier published Uchronie, an obscure philosophical novel narrating an alternate history where Christianity fails to take root in the West. Far from being a literary divertissement, the novel rests… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy history; freedom; charles renouvier; philosophy ... See more keywords