Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness: Moral Discourse and Cultural Politics in Early Eighteenth-Century England

ISBN-13: 9780521418065 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 232 str.

Lawrence E. Klein

Opis

The third earl of Shaftesbury was a pivotal figure in eighteenth-century thought and culture. Professor Klein's new study is the first to examine the extensive Shaftesbury manuscripts and offer an interpretation that relates his ideas about philosophy, morals, religion and the arts to his social and political goals. Through politeness, Shaftesbury conceptualized a new kind of public and critical culture, and greatly influenced the philosophical and cultural models associated with the European Enlightenment.

Recenzje

"Klein's study of Shaftesbury is rich and insightful ... his is also virtually the only stand alone contemporary treatment of Shaftesbury."
International Journal of the Classical Tradition

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Polite Philosophy: 1. The amalgamation of philosophy and breeding; 2. Lord Ashley's Inquiry: The philosophy of sociability and its context; 3. The notebooks: the problem of the self; 4. The notebooks; philosophy in the inner life; 5. Philosophy in society; 6. Philosophical writing; Part II. Polite Whiggism: 7. From politics to cultural politics; 8. The critique of the Church; 9. The critique of the Court; 10. The culture of liberty.