Regulating Confusion : Samuel Johnson and the Crowd /

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With the urbanization of eighteenth-century English Society, moral philosophers became preoccupied with the difference between individual and crowd behavior. In so doing, they set the stage for a form of political thought divorced from traditional moral reflection. In Regulating Confusion Thomas Rei...

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Main Author: Reinert, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Morale.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784. > Dictionary of the English language.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Pensee politique et sociale.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Ethics.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Knowledge > Language and languages.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Political and social views.
Dictionary of the English language (Johnson, Samuel)
Social ethics in literature.
Social ethics.
Political and social views.
Literature and society.
Language and languages.
Ethics.
Crowds in literature.
Collective behavior in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Foules dans la litterature.
Morale sociale dans la litterature.
Comportement collectif dans la litterature.
Morale sociale > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Social ethics > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 18th century.
England.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Desire for Fame
  • Periodical Moralizing
  • The Vanity ofHuman Wishes
  • Exemplary Self-Sacrifice
  • Probability and Conjecture.

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