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

Author/creator Shea, Louisa, 1974-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxx, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesParallax
Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) ^A227242
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009011827
ISBN9780801893858 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801893852 (hardcover. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B809.5 .S54 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold