Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment |
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| Author:
| Cook, Alexander |
| Editor:
| Curthoys, Ned
Konishi, Shino |
| Series title: | The Enlightenment World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78144-015-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection of essays traces the concept of 'humanity' through revolutionary politics, feminist biography, portraiture, explorer narratives, libertine and Orientalist fiction, the philosophy of conversation and musicology.
The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection of essays traces the concept of 'humanity' through revolutionary politics, feminist biography, portraiture, explorer narratives, libertine and Orientalist fiction, the philosophy of conversation and musicology.