Shea, Louisa, 1974-

The cynic enlightenment : Diogenes in the salon / Louisa Shea. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. - xx, 262 p. ; 24 cm. - Parallax . - Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ancient rascals : Diogenes of Sinope and the cynic tradition -- Eighteenth-century cynicisms -- Taming wild dogs : the polite education of Monsieur Diogène -- Menippus on the loose, or Diderot's twin hounds -- Diogenes' lost Republic : from Philodemus to Wieland and Rousseau -- Français, encore un effort! : Sade's cynic republic -- Theory turns cynical : Diogenes after the Frankfurt school -- Cynicism and the dialectic of enlightenment -- Mystic carnival : Sloterdijk's cynic enlightenment -- Cynicism as critical vanguard : Foucault's last lecture course -- Conclusion.

9780801893858 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801893852 (hardcover. : alk. paper)

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Diogenes, d. ca. 323 B.C.


Cynicism.
Enlightenment.

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