Format:
1 Online Ressource (481Seiten)
Edition:
2015
ISBN:
9783110431599
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9783110431599
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9783110431834
Series Statement:
WeltLiteraturen / World Literatures Band 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Artful Immorality: Imprimis -- 2. Ancient Cynicism -- 3. The Close Readings -- 3.1. Elegant Expediency: Machiavelli’s Il Principe (~1513) -- 3.2. Acute Concinnity: Gracián’s Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647) -- 3.3. A ‘Diogenes Redivivus’: Diderot’s Le Neveu De Rameau (~1774 / 1805 / 1891) -- 3.4. Beyond Morality, Or Cynicism: Nietzsche’s Nachgelassene Fragmente (1884–1889) -- 4. Morality’s Contingency -- Scribal Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110438482
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als ISBN 9783110431605
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als ISBN 9783110438482
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Gracián y Morales, Baltasar 1601-1658 Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia
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Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469-1527 Il principe
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Diderot, Denis 1713-1784 Le neveu de Rameau
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Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900 Nachgelassene Fragmente
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Kynismus
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Zynismus
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110431599
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