The French Enlightenment and its others
David Allen Harvey · 2012
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This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons, particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage- to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Following such comparisons across a variety of contexts over the course of the eighteenth century, David Harvey concludes that by the eve of the French Revolution, thinkers had mobilized cross-cultural comparisons in order to articulate a vision of Europe's identity and place in the world, defining it both as civilized and also as dynamic and progressive.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Series
- Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 271
- ISBN
- 9781137002532
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