Freedom's moment : an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault / Paul M. Cohen.
Freedom's moment : an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault / Paul M. Cohen.
Freedom's moment : an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault / Paul M. Cohen.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1997.
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N123.50944/1
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English
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x, 229 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Myth of the Consecrated Heretic -- 3. Hell and Other People -- 4. The Critique of Society -- 5. The Moment of Freedom -- 6. Conclusion.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1997.
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Illinois
Date Published
c1997.
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What kind of freedom, and what kind of individual, has the French Revolutionary tradition sought to propagate? Paul Cohen finds a distinctly French articulation of freedom in the texts and lives of eight renowned cultural critics who lived between the eighteenth century and the present day: Rousseau, Robespierre, Stendhal, Michelet, Bergson, Peguy,...
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Freedom's moment : an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault / Paul M. Cohen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index.
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c1997.
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N123.50944/1
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74VvPZx73Pab
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0226112861 (paper : alk. paper)
9780226112855 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226112853 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226112862 (paper : alk. paper)
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123.50944
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991005456749702626
