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The French Enlightenment and its Others: The Mandarin, the Savage, and the Invention of the Human Sciences - Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History D. Harvey
The French Enlightenment and its Others: The Mandarin, the Savage, and the Invention of the Human Sciences - Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
D. Harvey
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.
280 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 6, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781137002532 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 271 |
| Dimensions | 144 × 223 × 21 mm · 462 g |