The French enlightenment and the emergence of modern cynicism /

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"Sharon A. Stanley analyzes cynicism from a political-theoretical perspective, arguing that cynicism isn't unique to our time. Instead, she posits that cynicism emerged in the works of French Enlightenment philosophers, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot. She explains how eigh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stanley, Sharon A., 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
1700-1799
Political science > France > Philosophy > History > 18th century.
Cynicism > History.
Enlightenment > France.
Cynisme > Histoire.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Cynicism.
Enlightenment.
Political science > Philosophy.
Politische Philosophie
Aufklärung
Kynismus
France.
Frankreich.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I The Eighteenth Century
  • 1 Enlightenment as Disillusionment 25
  • 2 Unraveling Natural Utopia: Diderot's Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville and the Legacy of Cynicism 48
  • 3 The Dark Side of Sociability: Philosophes and Libertines 75
  • 4 The Leveling Power of Commerce 106
  • 5 Hermits and Cynics: Rousseau and Rameau's Nephew 128
  • Part II The Present
  • 6 From Enlightenment to Postmodernism 157
  • 7 Disenchanted Democracy and the Ineradicability of Cynicism 180.

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