The cynic enlightenment : Diogenes in the salon / Louisa Shea.

Author
Shea, Louisa, 1974- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Description
xx, 262 p. ; 24 cm.

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Ancient rascals : Diogenes of Sinope and the cynic tradition
    • Eighteenth-century cynicisms
    • Taming wild dogs : the polite education of Monsieur Diogène
    • Menippus on the loose, or Diderot's twin hounds
    • Diogenes' lost Republic : from Philodemus to Wieland and Rousseau
    • Français, encore un effort! : Sade's cynic republic
    • Theory turns cynical : Diogenes after the Frankfurt school
    • Cynicism and the dialectic of enlightenment
    • Mystic carnival : Sloterdijk's cynic enlightenment
    • Cynicism as critical vanguard : Foucault's last lecture course
    • Conclusion.
    ISBN
    • 9780801893858 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    • 0801893852 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2009011827
    OCLC
    317623192
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