When people call Paris the City of Light, it evokes images of a rose-tinted city illuminated by beautiful street lamps. But this "Light" is actually of a philosophical nature, as researcher Knox Peden is here to explain. In our conversation on lumière, he delves into the tenets of this philosophy and how it still resonates in French culture centuries later. The cultural history of ideas omnibus (He's in vol 6, listed down at the bottom!) https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/cultural-history-of-ideas-9781350007550/ And here's the link to French Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/french-philosophy-a-very-short-introduction-9780198829171?cc=us&lang=en& And a link to the Centre for Early Modern Studies at ANU, where he's based now (academically): https://cems.anu.edu.au Navigating Laïcité: https://bit.ly/39H6OwR Join us on Patreon: patreon.com/parisundergroundradio Find Us Online Website: https://www.parisundergroundradio.com/navigatingthefrench Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisundergroundradio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisundergroundradio/ Credits Host: Emily Monaco. @Emily_in_France; Website: http://www.tomatokumato.com and http://www.emilymmonaco.com Producer: Jennifer Geraghty. @jennyphoria; Website: http://jennyphoria.com Music Credits Édith Piaf - La Vie en Rose (DeliFB Lofi Remix) 🎵 MSKD Sounds: https://www.instagram.com/mskd_sounds/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRql... https://soundcloud.com/mskd_sounds 🎵 DeliFB: https://www.youtube.com/c/DeliFB https://soundcloud.com/delifb a...