Scenarios of the Imaginary : Theorizing the French Enlightenment /

From Proust to Beckett, from Blanchot to Derrida from Freud to Lacan, and from Lévi-Strauss to René Girard, all of our theories of modernity have been predicated upon a nostalgia for the real. In this lively and perceptive diagnosis of the malaise of contemporary theorists, Josué Harari interpret...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harari, Josue V. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Temas:
1700-1799
French literature > 18th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Enlightenment > France.
Criticism > France > History > 18th century.
Littérature française > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
Critique > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Criticism.
Enlightenment.
Intellectual life.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Nostalgia and Critical Theory
  • 1. Transcoding
  • 2. Eclectic Affinities: Imaginary/ Theory/ Reality
  • 3. The Eunuch's Tale: Montesquieu's Imaginary of Despotism
  • 4. Man Born of Man: Rousseau's Pedagogical Imaginary
  • 5. Staging the Libertine Imaginary I: The Theoretical Scenario
  • 6. Staging the Libertine Imaginary II: Personal and Fictional Scenarios
  • 7. "You Are Requested to Close the Eyes": Out of the Barbershop, into the Academie Franchise
  • Postscript: Anguish
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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