The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau
Author: Patrick Riley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2001-08-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521576154

Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau
Author: Patrick Riley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2001-08-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139825623

Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.

The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley

The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley
Author: Kenneth P. Winkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2005-12-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139825186

George Berkeley is one of the greatest and most influential modern philosophers. In defending the immaterialism for which he is most famous, he redirected modern thinking about the nature of objectivity and the mind's capacity to come to terms with it. Along the way, he made striking and influential proposals concerning the psychology of the senses, the workings of language, the aims of science, and the scope of mathematics. In this Companion volume a team of distinguished authors not only examines Berkeley's achievements but also his neglected contributions to moral and political philosophy, his writings on economics and development, and his defense of religious commitment and religious life. The volume places Berkeley's achievements in the context of the many social and intellectual traditions - philosophical, scientific, ethical, and religious - to which he fashioned a distinctive response.

The New Cambridge Companion to Plotinus

The New Cambridge Companion to Plotinus
Author: Lloyd Gerson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2022-06-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 110848834X

A new Companion offering student-friendly essays on this major figure in the Platonic tradition and in Greek philosophy.

The Cambridge Companion to Moliere

The Cambridge Companion to Moliere
Author: David Bradby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2006-09-14
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1139827294

A detailed introduction to Molière and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire. L'École des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L'Avare and Les Femmes savantes are examined from a variety of different viewpoints, and through the eyes of different ages and cultures. The comedies-ballets, a genre invented by Molière and his collaborators, are re-instated to the central position which they held in his œuvre in Molière's own lifetime; his two masterpieces in this genre, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Le Malade imaginaire, have chapters to themselves. Finally, the Companion looks at modern directors' theatre, exploring the central role played by productions of his work in successive 'revolutions' in the dramatic arts in France.

Rousseau's 'The Social Contract'

Rousseau's 'The Social Contract'
Author: Christopher D. Wraight
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0826498604

A Reader's Guide to one of the most important and influential works of political thought in the history of philosophy.

The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan

The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan
Author: Patricia Springborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2007-07-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139827286

This Companion makes a new departure in Hobbes scholarship, addressing a philosopher whose impact was as great on Continental European theories of state and legal systems as it was at home. This volume is a systematic attempt to incorporate work from both the Anglophone and Continental traditions, bringing together newly commissioned work by scholars from ten different countries in a topic-by-topic sequence of essays that follows the structure of Leviathan, re-examining the relationship among Hobbes's physics, metaphysics, politics, psychology, and religion. Collectively they showcase important revisionist scholarship that re-examines both the context for Leviathan and its reception, demonstrating the degree to which Hobbes was indebted to the long tradition of European humanist thought. This Cambridge Companion shows that Hobbes's legacy was never lost and that he belongs to a tradition of reflection on political theory and governance that is still alive, both in Europe and in the diaspora.

The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope

The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope
Author: Pat Rogers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2007-12-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139827324

Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year period, encompasses satires, odes and political verse and reflects the sexual, moral and cultural issues of the world around him, often in brilliant lines and phrases which have become part of our language today. This is the first overview to analyse the full range of Pope's work and to set it in its historical and cultural context. Specially commissioned essays by leading scholars explore all of Pope's major works, including the sexual politics of The Rape of the Lock, the philosophical enquiries of An Essay on Man and the Moral Essays, and the mock-heroic of The Dunciad in its various forms. This volume will be indispensable not only for students and scholars of Pope's work, but also for all those interested in the Augustan age.

The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography

The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography
Author: Maria DiBattista
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1107028108

A historical overview of autobiography from the works of Augustine, Montaigne, and Rousseau to the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras.

The Cambridge Companion to European Novelists

The Cambridge Companion to European Novelists
Author: Michael Bell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521515041

A survey of 25 major European novelists from Cervantes to Kundera, highlighting their contributions to the genre.