On imposture : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, literary lies, and political fiction /

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"Imposture is an abuse of power. It is the act of lying for one's own benefit, of disguising the truth in order to mislead. For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, however, imposture is first and foremost power itself. In On Imposture, French philosopher Serge Margel explores imposture within Rousseau&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Margel, Serge (Autor)
Otros Autores: Yampolsky, Eva (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
Colección:Studies in Continental thought.
Temas:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Political and social views.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Criticism and interpretation.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778
Impostors and imposture in literature.
Impostors and imposture in literature
Political and social views
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Staging of an Imposture
  • Mendacium est fabula, or The Right to Lie by Admission of Innocence: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: From the Fourth Walk to the Epigraph of the Confessions
  • Introduction
  • I. Lying in the Confessions: Between Innocence and Injustice
  • II. An Innocent Liar, a Truthful Man, and a Confessing Witness
  • Fictions of the Cultural: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Body Politic of Democracy
  • Introduction
  • I. Nature, Culture, and the Economy of History
  • II. The Body Politic and the Discourse of Fiction
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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