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Subject(s)

• Enlightenment—Europe [Browse]
• Other (Philosophy)—History—18th century [Browse]
• Self-perception—History—18th century [Browse]
• Sex—Philosophy—History—18th century [Browse]
• Race relations—Philosophy—History—18th century [Browse]

Series

• Off the fence (Rowman & Littlefield International) [More in this series]
• Off the fence : morality, politics and society

Summary note

"This post-colonial and feminist reading of the Enlightenment explores the proto-postmodernist practice of examining one's conclusions through the eyes of the Other. Self-estrangement to gain critical distance from one's taken-for-granted assumptions was central to the Enlightenment and remains vital for critical sociopolitical thinking today"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Locke, Bayle, critique and toleration
• Paris-Persia : othering (and sexing) the Enlightenment
• Voltaire's smiling philosophy
• Eyesight from the blind : Diderot, Saunderson, and humans born blind
• Enlightenment, race, slavery, and anti-colonialism
• The Enlightenment, sexuality, and gender.

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ISBN

• 9781538160213 (hardcover)
• 1538160218 (hardcover)

LCCN

2022041069

OCLC

1348644246

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