Bibliograph

The French Enlightenment and its others, the Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences, David Allen Harvey

Type

Label

The French Enlightenment and its others, the Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences, David Allen Harvey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The French Enlightenment and its others

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

774489932

Responsibility statement

David Allen Harvey

Series statement

Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history

Sub title

the Mandarin, the savage, and the invention of the human sciences

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., 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

Table Of 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

Creator