The pursuit of laziness : an idle interpretation of the enlightenment /
We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry--not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? The Pursuit of Laziness examines moral, political, and econom...
| Основен автор: | Saint-Amand, Pierre, 1957- |
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| Други автори: | Gage, Jennifer C. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Undetermined |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=363966 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Pursuit of laziness. |
| Резюме: |
We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry--not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? The Pursuit of Laziness examines moral, political, and economic treatises of the period, and reveals that crucial eighteenth-century texts did find value in idleness and nonproductivity. Fleshing out Enlightenment thinking in the works of Denis Diderot, Joseph Joubert, Pierre de Marivaux, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean-Simeon Chardin, this book explores idle. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 156 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400838714 1400838711 9780691148724 0691148724 |