Sovereign Power and the Enlightenment
Eighteenth-Century Literature and the Problem of the Political
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Eastern European
| Author: | Peter DeGabriele | ISBN: | 9781611486971 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press | Publication: | July 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter DeGabriele |
| ISBN: | 9781611486971 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press |
| Publication: | July 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press |
| Language: | English |
This book examines the role of the novelists and historians of the eighteenth century in developing a vision of political modernity that questions traditional narratives about the rise of liberalism and the decline of sovereign power. It provides a new way to link the literature and philosophy of the eighteenth century with the meditations on violence and sovereignty that have preoccupied much of the political philosophy of the first years of the twenty-first century.
This book examines the role of the novelists and historians of the eighteenth century in developing a vision of political modernity that questions traditional narratives about the rise of liberalism and the decline of sovereign power. It provides a new way to link the literature and philosophy of the eighteenth century with the meditations on violence and sovereignty that have preoccupied much of the political philosophy of the first years of the twenty-first century.
