02448nam 2200625 a 450 991081713150332120200520144314.01-283-58853-697866139009821-137-00254-910.1057/9781137002549(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)99267000000023888620120323d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe French Enlightenment and its others the Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences /David Allen Harvey1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20121 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 HistoryEnlightenmentFranceCultural pluralismFranceIntellectual life18th centuryEnlightenmentCultural pluralism.944/.034Harvey David Allen1971-289074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817131503321The French Enlightenment and its others4192106UNINA