Savages, Romans, and despots thinking about others from Montaigne to Herder

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Launay, Robert, 1949- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press 2018
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maps of mankind
  • The world turned upside down: Mandeville
  • Between two saddles: Montaigne
  • Climactic harmonies: Bodin
  • St. Confucius: the Jesuits in China
  • Distant relations: the Jesuits in New France
  • Ancients, moderns, and others: Fontenelle and Temple
  • The specter of despotism: Montesquieu and Voltaire
  • Savage critics: Lahontan, Rousseau, and Diderot
  • From savagery to decadence: Ferguson, Millar, and Gibbon
  • Cultural critique: Herder
  • "Others" are good to think.