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Author Harvey, David Allen, 1971-

Title The French Enlightenment and its others : the Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences / David Allen Harvey
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
Series Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history.
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
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. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Enlightenment -- France
Cultural pluralism.
Social & cultural history -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- France.
European history -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- France.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- France.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
History.
Cultural pluralism
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
Aufklärung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Pluralismus
Geistesgeschichte
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Filosofische antropologie.
De edele wilde.
Upplysningen.
Kulturell mångfald -- historia.
Intellektuellt liv -- historia.
SUBJECT France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051440
Subject France
Frankreich
Frankrijk.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137002549
1137002549
1283588536
9781283588539