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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456562503321

Autore

Shea Louisa <1974->

Titolo

The cynic enlightenment [[electronic resource] ] : Diogenes in the salon / / Louisa Shea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, MD, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8018-9706-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Parallax : re-visions of culture and society

Disciplina

149

Soggetti

Cynicism

Enlightenment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ancient rascals : Diogenes of Sinope and the cynic tradition -- Eighteenth-century cynicisms -- Taming wild dogs : the polite education of Monsieur Diogene -- Menippus on the loose, or Diderot's twin hounds -- Diogenes' lost Republic : from Philodemus to Wieland and Rousseau -- Français, encore un effort! : Sade's cynic republic -- Theory turns cynical : Diogenes after the Frankfurt school -- Cynicism and the dialectic of enlightenment -- Mystic carnival : Sloterdijk's cynic enlightenment -- Cynicism as critical vanguard : Foucault's last lecture course -- Conclusion.