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The French Enlightenment and its Others : The Mandarin, the Savage, and the Invention of the Human Sciences / by D. Harvey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvey, David Allen, 1971-
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History, 2945-6649
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- France--History.
- France.
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- History, Modern.
- Social history.
- Cultural History.
- History of France.
- European History.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural History.
- History of France.
- European History.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Philosophy in the Seraglio
- The wisdom of the East
- The New World and the noble savage
- The last frontiers
- The varieties of man
- An indelible stain
- The apotheosis of Europe.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613900982
- 9781283588539
- 1283588536
- 9781137002549
- 1137002549
- OCLC:
- 809796440
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