Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the Bourgeois from Machiavelli to Bellow

397 Pages·2016·11.067 MB·English

by  Steven B. Smith

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Contents
Prefaicxe ,
PaOrnteI n troduction
1 ModerinnQi uteys t3i on,
PaTrtw oM odernity
2 MachiaMvaenlgdlorilaa'anst d h Per otSeeal2nf,7
3 TheE xempLliaofrfRey e nDee sca4r6t es,
4 WasH obbaeC sh ris6t7i an?
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6 BenjaFmriann kAlmienr'iEscn alni ght1e0n9m ent,
7 KanLti'bseI rnatle rnat1i3o1n alism,
8 Hegaenltd h "eB ourgeoiWso-rClh1dr5,i4"s tian
viiCio ntents
PaTrhtr OeueDr i scontents
9 RoussCeoauun'tse r-Enlightenment:
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10T ocqueAvmielrl1ie9c'7as ,
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Preface
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