Citizens without Sovereignty : Equality and Sociability in French Thought, 1670-1789 /

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In a wide-ranging interpretation of French thought in the years 1670-1789, Daniel Gordon takes us through the literature of manners and moral philosophy, theology and political theory, universal history and economics to show how French thinkers sustained a sense of liberty and dignity within an auth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Daniel, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Intellectual life.
French language > Social aspects.
Enlightenment.
Despotism > Social aspects.
Siecle des Lumieres.
Despotisme > Aspect social > France.
Français (Langue) > Aspect social > France.
Despotism > Social aspects > France.
French language > Social aspects > France.
France.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siecle.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Absolutism and the ideal types of sociability
  • The language of sociability
  • The civilizing process revisited
  • Sociability and universal history : Jean-Baptiste Suard and the Scottish Enlightenment in France
  • André Morellet and the end of the Enlightenment
  • Conclusion.

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