The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon

by Louisa Shea

This original study reveals the importance of ancient Cynicism in defining the Enlightenment and its legacy.

Louisa Shea explores modernity's debt to Cynicism by examining the works of thinkers who turned to the ancient Cynics as a model for reinventing philosophy and dared to imagine an alliance between a socially engaged Enlightenment and the least respectable of early Greek philosophies. While Cynicism has always resided on the fringes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801893852
• ISBN13: 9780801893858
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher