Discussion of The Enlightenment - The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680 1790, by Ritchie Robertson

The Enlightenment Workshop is Oxford’s leading seminar in 18th-century intellectual history and literary culture. Convened at the Voltaire Foundation by Nicholas Cronk (Wolfson College) and Avi Lifschitz (Magdalen College), it usually takes place in the spring and summer terms (Hilary and Trinity).
This interdisciplinary research seminar is supported by the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Modern Languages, and the Voltaire Foundation.

The first session is a discussion of Ritchie Robertson's book The Enlightenment - The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680 179.

Discussants:

Joanna Innes (Oxford)
Anthony La Vopa (North Carolina)
Karen O’Brien (Oxford)

Followed by the author’s response and an open discussion.

The event was live-streamed and recorded on 25 January 2021 with the support of TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.