Savages, Romans, and Despots
Thinking about Others from Montaigne to Herder
- Contents
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TWO / The World Turned Upside Down: Mandeville
THREE / Between Two Saddles: Montaigne
FOUR / Climactic Harmonies: Bodin
FIVE / St. Confucius: The Jesuits in China
SIX / Distant Relations: The Jesuits in New France
SEVEN / Ancients, Moderns, and Others: Fontenelle and Temple
EIGHT / The Specter of Despotism: Montesquieu and Voltaire
NINE / Savage Critics: Lahontan, Rousseau, and Diderot
TEN / From Savagery to Decadence: Ferguson, Millar, and Gibbon
ELEVEN / Cultural Critique: Herder
TWELVE / “Others” Are Good to Think
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
History: European History | History of Ideas
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