Artificial Self

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A01=Hilary Nias
Author_Hilary Nias
Autre Monde
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Dans Ce
De La Science
Ecole Normale
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evolution of European intellectuals
Francisque Sarcey
Histoire De La
Human Suffering
impressionist aesthetics
intellectual history
Le Clerc
Le Moi
Le Point De Vue
Le Tout
Les Origines
Maine De Biran
nationalism in France
Ne Va
nineteenth-century French philosophy
psychological theory
scientific positivism
Taine's Conception
Taine's Life
Taine's View
Taine's Writing
Taine’s Conception
Taine’s Life
Taine’s View
Taine’s Writing
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9781900755184
  • Weight: 420g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 1999
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book reassesses Taine as the very model of the European intellectual in the second half of the 19th century. The author draws on unpublished manuscripts and letters to reveal a self-disguised, tentative and ironic mentality very like the one Taine described in his psychological writings. These qualities are reflected not only in his own ludic response to his times, but in that of many fellow Second Empire intellectuals. Darwinian evolution, new scientific discoveries, "la Critique" and Impressionism all made a profound impact on Taine's thinking and on his contribution to the moral revival and Nationalism of the Third Republic.

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