La Corruption et La Conversion Religieuse : "Le Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville" de Denis Diderot
Open Access
Author:
Ford, Hilary Kathryn
Area of Honors:
French and Francophone Studies
Degree:
Bachelor of Science
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Christine Marie Evans, Thesis Supervisor Vera Mark, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Diderot Tahiti religious conversion colonialism
Abstract:
My thesis is an investigation of Denis Diderot’s critique of religion in Western society, particularly regarding Christian religious conversions in foreign countries. Diderot argues that Western attempts at religious conversions to Christianity negatively and dramatically impacted the Tahitian culture, stripping it of its natural form. I draw conclusions as to how these attempts at conversion caused such corruption in this society and left a lasting impact on this culture, based upon Diderot’s critiques of Christian conversion practice in his text, the "Supplément Au Voyage de Bougainville."
