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Uncivil mirth : ridicule in enlightenment Britain /
"Ridicule is a ubiquitous feature of modern politics. Few participants in a political contest can resist the temptation to ridicule their opponents in order to demean them, persuade others to regard them with scorn, or expose their hypocrisy. Yet ridicule also has the potential to undermine the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter one: A Polite Diogenes? Ridicule in Shaftesbury's Politics of Toleration
- Chapter two: Sociability, Censorship and the Limits of Ridicule from Shaftesbury to Hutcheson
- Chapter three: Against 'Dissolute mirth' Hume's Scepticism about ridicule
- Chapter four: Scoffing at Scepticism. Ridicule and common sense
- Chapter five: 'Too solemn for laughter'? Scottish abolitionists and the mock apology for slavery
- Chapter six: An education in Contempt. Ridicule in Wollstonecraft's politics
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index