Blasphemy Impious Speech in the West from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century

Alain Cabantous is professor of modern history at the University of Paris-Nanterre and France's most respected historian of the sea, pirates, and the navy.Eric Rauth is the translator of many books, including Transmitting Cultureby R�gis Debray.

R�gis Debray is professor of philosophy in the Facult� de Lettres at the Universit� de Lyon III. Founder and editor of Les Cahiers de m�diologie,former aide to president Fran�ois Mitterand, erstwhile associate of Che Guevara, and captive cause c�l�brein Bolivia (1967--1970), he is the author of numerous books, including Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural Forms; Charles de Gaulle: Futurist of the Nation; Against Venice; Revolution in the Revolution?; and Teachers, Writers, Celebrities: The Intellectuals of Modern France.His political memoir, Blessed Be Our Gods,is forthcoming.