The French Enlightenment and its others : The Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences / / D. Harvey
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Harvey D
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| Titolo: |
The French Enlightenment and its others : The Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences / / D. Harvey
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 944.034 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Cultural pluralism |
| Enlightenment - France | |
| Soggetto geografico: | France Intellectual life 18th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The French Enlightenment and its Others |
| ISBN: | 1-283-58853-6 |
| 9786613900982 | |
| 1-137-00254-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785800103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History