The French Enlightenment and the Emergence of Modern Cynicism
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The French Enlightenment and the Emergence of Modern Cynicism

The French Enlightenment and the Emergence of Modern Cynicism

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Sharon A. Stanley (Author)  

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Sharon A. Stanley analyzes cynicism from a political-theoretical perspective, arguing that cynicism isn't unique to our time. Instead, she posits that cynicism emerged in the works of French Enlightenment philosophers, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot. She explains how eighteenth-century theories of epistemology, nature, sociability and commerce converged to form a recognizably modern form of cynicism, foreshadowing postmodernism. While recent scholarship and popular commentary have depicted cynicism as threatening to healthy democracies and political practices, Stanley argues instead that the French philosophes reveal the possibility of a democratically hospitable form of cynicism.
Sharon A. Stanley is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis. She has written articles on the Enlightenment and cynicism for Political Theory, Eighteenth-Century Thought and Polity.
  • Contributor: Sharon A. Stanley
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781107014640
  • Number of Pages: 236
  • Packaged Dimensions: 161x234x11mm
  • Packaged Weight: 440
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2012-03-19
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Sharon A. Stanley is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis. She has written articles on the Enlightenment and cynicism for Political Theory, Eighteenth-Century Thought and Polity.

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