French enlightenment and the emergence of modern cynicism, the
Auteur :
Stanley, Sharon A.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107014640
Date de publication :
19 mars 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 16,1 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
440 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Sharon A. Stanley analyzes cynicism from a political-theoretical perspective, arguing that cynicism isn't unique to our time and argues instead that the French philosophes reveal the possibility of a democratically hospitable form of cynicism.