The French Enlightenment and its Others

D. Harvey

Palgrave Macmillan, 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.

ISBN-13
9781349433810
ISBN-10
1349433810
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
Publication date
2012-08-06
Pages
271
Dimensions
216x140x