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Political Science - History, 18th Century French Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Political Theorists, World History - General & Miscellaneous, Enlightenment, Modern Philosophy - 17th & 18th Century, 18th Century French History - General & Miscellaneous
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Criticism in Action

by Dena Goodman
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Overview

Through fresh interpretations of three major Enlightenment texts by Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot, Dena Goodman shows how critical theory broke out of the mold of earlier traditions of discourse and shaped its own agenda in the eighteenth century.

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Book Details

Published
May 16, 1989
Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1989.
Pages
244
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780801422010

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