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.

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