Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment |
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Editor:
| Cook, Alexander Curthoys, Ned Konishi, Shino |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-96274-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $118.80 |
Book Description:
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The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This was due at least in part to the increasing awareness of human diversity brought by exploration and travel to new domains. 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. Its contributors argue that across...
More DescriptionThe Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This was due at least in part to the increasing awareness of human diversity brought by exploration and travel to new domains. 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. Its contributors argue that across these fields, the central philosophical conundrums of the era were reflected, and sometimes transformed, in surprising ways."