Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu's Persian LettersA treatment of Montesquieu's Persian Letters, which argues that the novel is a philosophic critique of despotism in all its forms: domestic, political and religious. It shows that Montesquieu believed that the Enlightenment failed as a philosophy by not recognising man as an erotic being. |
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Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu's Persian Letters Diana J. Schaub No preview available - 1995 |
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| Title | Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu's Persian Letters G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Diana J. Schaub |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 2, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0847680398, 9780847680399 |
| Length | 199 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General Philosophy / Political Religion / Theology |
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