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Artful immorality - variants of cynicism : Machiavelli, Gracián, Diderot, Nietzsche /

'Cynicism' seems to be a viral word. Far from losing its function due to excessive use, it appears to be applied to almost anything deemed problematic - morally, societally, politically, culturally. This study aims at rendering scholarly expedient a term apparently innocent of any precise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayfield, D. S. (Daniel Scott), 1984-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, 2015.
Colección:WeltLiteraturen ; Bd. 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Artful Immorality: Imprimis
  • 2. Ancient Cynicism
  • 3.1. Elegant Expediency: Machiavelli's Il Principe (~1513)
  • 3.2. Acute Concinnity: Gracián's Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647)
  • 3.3. A 'Diogenes Redivivus': Diderot's Le Neveu De Rameau (~1774 / 1805 / 1891)
  • 3.4. Beyond Morality, Or Cynicism: Nietzsche's Nachgelassene Fragmente (1884-1889)
  • 4. Morality's Contingency
  • Scribal Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.