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On imposture : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, literary lies, and political fiction /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Francés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Studies in Continental thought.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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