UID:
edocfu_9958354351602883
Format:
1 online resource (x,481pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9783110431599
Series Statement:
WeltLiteraturen / World Literatures; 8
Content:
‘Cynicism’ seems to be a viral word. Far from losing its function due to excessive use, it appears to be applied to almost anything deemed problematic – morally, societally, politically, culturally. This study aims at rendering scholarly expedient a term apparently innocent of any precise meaning, by providing precise descriptions of the cynical statement and the cynical stance in Machiavelli, Gracián, Diderot and Nietzsche.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Table of Contents --
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1. Artful Immorality: Imprimis --
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2. Ancient Cynicism --
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3.1. Elegant Expediency: Machiavelli’s Il Principe (~1513) --
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3.2. Acute Concinnity: Gracián’s Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647) --
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3.3. A ‘Diogenes Redivivus’: Diderot’s Le Neveu De Rameau (~1774 / 1805 / 1891) --
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3.4. Beyond Morality, Or Cynicism: Nietzsche’s Nachgelassene Fragmente (1884–1889) --
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4. Morality’s Contingency --
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Scribal Abbreviations --
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Bibliography --
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Index.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110438482
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110431605
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110431599
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431599
