The Age of Reasons :Quixotism, Sentimentalism, and Political Economy in Eighteenth Century Britain - Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
The Age of Reasons :Quixotism, Sentimentalism, and Political Economy in Eighteenth Century Britain - Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
hardback
Published:
9 July, 1998
hardback
Published:
9 July, 1998
Standard worldwide delivery by
Mon, July 27 - Wed, August 5
Order within
0
Condition:
NEW
$190.76
RRP
$227.46
You save $36.70 (16%)
Available
5
in stock
FREE Returns within 30 days
Popular Books by Wendy Motooka
View All Books by Wendy Motooka
Description
Wendy Motooka contends that 'the Age of Reason' was actually an Age of Reasons. Joining imaginative literature, moral philosophy, and the emerging discourse of the new science, she seeks to historicise the meaning of eighteenth-century 'reason' and its supposed opposites, quixotism and sentimentalism. Reading novels by the Fieldings, Lennox and Sterne alongside the works of Adam Smith, Motooka argues that the legacy of sentimentalism is the social sciences. This book raises our understanding of eighteenth-century British culture and its relation to the 'rational' culture of economics that is growing ever more prevasive today.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780415179416 |
| ISBN10 | 0415179416 |
| Number Of Pages | 300 |
| Item Weight | 635 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | hardback |
See More +
Author's Bio
Wendy Motooka is Assistant Professor of English at Oberlin College, USA.