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A major new interpretation of the philosophical significance of the oeuvre of Denis Diderot.

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Author:   Eyal Peretz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9781438448039

ISBN 10:   1438448031
Pages:   271
Publication Date:   01 October 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction to the ""Age of Diderot"" Part I. Diderot and the Problem of Metaphysics-D'Alembert's Dream 1. Life's Drama 2. Who Speaks?: Between Dreaming and Waking 3. Two Images of the Image: The Bees and the Spider Part II. Three Short Experiments 4. The Identification with the Phantom: The Paradox of the Actor 5. Enlightenment's Pain: On Diderot's Dramatic Logic of the Senses-Letter on the Blind 6. The Drama of Inheritance and the Question of Revolution: A Conversation of a Father with His Children Conclusion: Diderot, Rousseau-The Self-Portrait of Modernity Notes Index"

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Eyal Peretz is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of Becoming Visionary: Brian De Palma's Cinematic Education of the Senses.

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