The French enlightenment and the emergence of modern cynicism /
Sharon A. Stanley analyzes cynicism from a political-theoretical perspective, arguing that cynicism isn't unique to our time. Instead, she posits that cynicism emerged in the works of French Enlightenment philosophers, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot. She explains how eighteenth...
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2012
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Table of Contents:
- Part I The Eighteenth Century
- 1 Enlightenment as Disillusionment 25
- 2 Unraveling Natural Utopia: Diderot's Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville and the Legacy of Cynicism 48
- 3 The Dark Side of Sociability: Philosophes and Libertines 75
- 4 The Leveling Power of Commerce 106
- 5 Hermits and Cynics: Rousseau and Rameau's Nephew 128
- Part II The Present
- 6 From Enlightenment to Postmodernism 157
- 7 Disenchanted Democracy and the Ineradicability of Cynicism 180
- Part I The Eighteenth Century
- 1 Enlightenment as Disillusionment 25
- 2 Unraveling Natural Utopia: Diderots Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville and the Legacy of Cynicism 48
- 3 The Dark Side of Sociability: Philosophes and Libertines 75
- 4 The Leveling Power of Commerce 106
- 5 Hermits and Cynics: Rousseau and Rameaus Nephew 128
- Part II The Present
- 6 From Enlightenment to Postmodernism 157
- 7 Disenchanted Democracy and the Ineradicability of Cynicism 180