02529oam 22006135 450 991078580010332120240205212554.01-283-58853-697866139009821-137-00254-910.1057/9781137002549(CKB)2670000000238886(EBL)1016528(OCoLC)809796440(SSID)ssj0000704995(PQKBManifestationID)11377324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704995(PQKBWorkID)10618823(PQKB)10916112(DE-He213)978-1-137-00254-9(MiAaPQ)EBC1016528(PPN)227907949(EXLCZ)99267000000023888620151222d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe French Enlightenment and its others The Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences /D. Harvey1st ed. 2012.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2012.1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-43381-0 1-137-00253-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Philosophy in the Seraglio -- The wisdom of the East -- The New World and the noble savage -- The last frontiers -- The varieties of man -- An indelible stain -- The apotheosis of Europe.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.Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual HistoryCultural pluralismEnlightenmentFranceFranceIntellectual life18th centuryFranceIntellectual life18th centuryCultural pluralism.Enlightenment944.034944/.034Harvey Dauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1488975BOOK9910785800103321The French Enlightenment and its Others3709452UNINA