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Montaigne and the Life of Freedom
Felicity Green
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Description for Montaigne and the Life of Freedom
hardcover. A new interpretation of the Essais, situating Montaigne's project of self-study in the context of a broader commitment to liberty. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Series: Ideas in Context. 265 pages. A new interpretation of the Essais, situating Montaigne's project of self-study in the context of a broader commitment to liberty. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; HPCB. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight: 502.
More than any other early modern text, Montaigne's Essais have come to be associated with the emergence of a distinctively modern subjectivity, defined in opposition to the artifices of language and social performance. Felicity Green challenges this interpretation with a compelling revisionist reading of Montaigne's text, centred on one of his deepest but hitherto most neglected preoccupations: the need to secure for himself a sphere of liberty and independence that he can properly call his own, or himself. Montaigne and the Life of Freedom restores the Essais to its historical context by examining the sources, character and significance of Montaigne's ... Read more
More than any other early modern text, Montaigne's Essais have come to be associated with the emergence of a distinctively modern subjectivity, defined in opposition to the artifices of language and social performance. Felicity Green challenges this interpretation with a compelling revisionist reading of Montaigne's text, centred on one of his deepest but hitherto most neglected preoccupations: the need to secure for himself a sphere of liberty and independence that he can properly call his own, or himself. Montaigne and the Life of Freedom restores the Essais to its historical context by examining the sources, character and significance of Montaigne's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
Series
Ideas in Context
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107024397
SKU
V9781107024397
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Ref
99-24
About Felicity Green
Felicity Green is Junior Research Fellow in history at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has also held fellowships at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study and at the Huntington Library.
Reviews for Montaigne and the Life of Freedom
'Stimulating and challenging.' The Times Literary Supplement