Science sans conscience : la satire de la science dans l’œuvre de Jonathan Swift

Satire on science has often been regarded by critics as a marginal aspect of Jonathan Swift’s work. Yet it is part and parcel of a battle that the author of Gulliver’s Travels indefatigably fought against the "Moderns." Swift’s satire on science should not however be considered as merely s...

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Main Author: Nathalie Zimpfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2006-10-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/3757
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Science sans conscience : la satire de la science dans l’œuvre de Jonathan Swift
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title Science sans conscience : la satire de la science dans l’œuvre de Jonathan Swift
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