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THE FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT AND ITS OTHERS
THE MANDARIN, THE SAVAGE, AND THE INVENTION OF THE HUMAN SCIENCES |
| By: |
David Allen Harvey |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£66.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137002549 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137002549 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
6 August, 2012 |
| Series: |
Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Description: |
This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. |
| Synopsis: |
This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons-particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage-to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Following such comparisons across a variety of contexts over the course of the eighteenth century, David Harvey concludes that by the eve of the French Revolution, thinkers had mobilized cross-cultural comparisons in order to articulate a vision of Europe's identity and place in the world, defining it both as civilized and also as dynamic and progressive. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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