The making of modern cynicism / David Mazella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazella, David, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cynicism.

Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C.

Diogenes.

Physical Description:

xi, 305 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

Contents:

Initroduction : From the man of reason to the cynical insider

Diogenes of Sinope and philosophy as a way of life

Diogenes the cynic as "counsellor" and malcontent in early modern England

From rude cynics to "cynical revilers"

The cynic unveiled : innocence, disenchantment, and rationalization in Rousseau

Edmund Burke and the counter-enlightenment attack on the "philosopher of vanity"

Cynicism and dandyism

Epilogue : How not to talk about cynicism : a conclusion, and request for further discussion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index.

ISBN:

9780813926155

0813926157

OCLC:

73926916