The French Enlightenment and the Emergence of Modern Cynicism

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, Social Science
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Author: Sharon A. Stanley ISBN: 9781139334341
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: March 19, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Sharon A. Stanley
ISBN: 9781139334341
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 19, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Sharon A. Stanley analyzes cynicism from a political-theoretical perspective, arguing that cynicism isn't unique to our time. Instead, she posits that cynicism emerged in the works of French Enlightenment philosophers, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot. She explains how eighteenth-century theories of epistemology, nature, sociability and commerce converged to form a recognizably modern form of cynicism, foreshadowing postmodernism. While recent scholarship and popular commentary have depicted cynicism as threatening to healthy democracies and political practices, Stanley argues instead that the French philosophes reveal the possibility of a democratically hospitable form of cynicism.

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Sharon A. Stanley analyzes cynicism from a political-theoretical perspective, arguing that cynicism isn't unique to our time. Instead, she posits that cynicism emerged in the works of French Enlightenment philosophers, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot. She explains how eighteenth-century theories of epistemology, nature, sociability and commerce converged to form a recognizably modern form of cynicism, foreshadowing postmodernism. While recent scholarship and popular commentary have depicted cynicism as threatening to healthy democracies and political practices, Stanley argues instead that the French philosophes reveal the possibility of a democratically hospitable form of cynicism.

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