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The French Enlightenment and the emergence of modern cynicism /
Stanley argues that the French philosophes reveal the possibility of a democratically hospitable form of cynicism.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The French Enlightenment and the Emergence of Modern Cynicism; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Problem of Cynicism; Why Enlightenment?; Outline of Chapters; PART I: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 1: Enlightenment as Disillusionment; Enlightenment and Religion; Enlightenment and System Building; Enlightenment Materialism and Morality; 2: Unraveling Natural Utopia: Diderot's Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville and the Legacy of Cynicism; Nature versus Culture; La Nouvelle Cythère: Tahiti as Paradise; Rethinking Nature.
- The Critique of Moralism and the Revenge of Modern Cynicism3: The Dark Side of Sociability: Philosophes and Libertines; The Practice and Ideal of Sociability; Libertinism and Cynicism; Theatricality; The Pursuit of Pleasure; Public Opinion; No Escape; 4: The Leveling Power of Commerce; From Social to Economic Commerce; The Cynicism of Commerce; Commerce and Theatricality; Commerce and Exploitation; The Cynicism of Commodification; 5: Hermits and Cynics: Rousseau and Rameau's Nephew; Life in the Modern World; The Cynicism of Rameau's Nephew; Rousseau and the Fear of Cynicism.
- Rousseau the Hermit: The Morality of Personal RedemptionPART II: THE PRESENT; 6: From Enlightenment to Postmodernism; Diagnosing Postmodern Cynicism; The Postmodern Enlightenment; The End of History?; 7: Disenchanted Democracy and the Ineradicability of Cynicism; Cynicism against Democracy; Cynical Sociability and Democracy; Disenchanted Democracy; Bibliography; Index.