Supplément au voyage de Bougainville

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Enlightenment literature literary work philosophical dialogue

Supplément au voyage de Bougainville is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that critiques European colonialism and morality through a fictional commentary on Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s Pacific voyage.

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Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage 1
Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville 1
Voyage autour du monde by Louis Antoine de Bougainville 1

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instanceOf Enlightenment literature ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
author Denis Diderot ⓘ
basedOn voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville ⓘ
compares European customs and Tahitian customs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes Christian sexual ethics ⓘ
European colonial expansion ⓘ
ethnocentrism ⓘ
exploresConcept marriage and family structures ⓘ
property and ownership ⓘ
social contract ⓘ
state of nature ⓘ
featuresCharacter Louis Antoine de Bougainville ⓘ
genre dialogue ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Supplément au voyage de Bougainville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage

Supplément au voyage de Bougainville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville
influenced later critiques of colonialism ⓘ
modern discussions of cultural relativism ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment debates on natural man ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryDevice use of Tahitian voices to criticize Europe ⓘ
use of fictional dialogue to frame philosophical debate ⓘ
mainTheme critique of European colonialism ⓘ
critique of European morality ⓘ
cultural relativism ⓘ
encounter between Europe and Tahiti ⓘ
freedom and social constraint ⓘ
natural law and natural morality ⓘ
sexual morality ⓘ
narrativeForm fictional commentary on a travel account ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
philosophicalIssue legitimacy of colonial domination ⓘ
moral relativism vs universalism ⓘ
philosophicalMovement French Enlightenment ⓘ
philosophicalTradition secular humanism ⓘ
questions European claims to civilizational superiority ⓘ
imposition of European laws on other cultures ⓘ
relatedTo critique of travel literature ⓘ
relatedWork Supplément au voyage de Bougainville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Voyage autour du monde by Louis Antoine de Bougainville
setting Tahiti ⓘ
structure dialogue between two interlocutors ⓘ

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Supplément au voyage de Bougainville → hasTitleInEnglish → Supplément au voyage de Bougainville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville → hasTitleInEnglish → Supplément au voyage de Bougainville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville
Denis Diderot → notableWork → Supplément au voyage de Bougainville ⓘ
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville → relatedWork → Supplément au voyage de Bougainville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voyage autour du monde by Louis Antoine de Bougainville