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Sensual Philosophy - Toleration, Skepticism, and Montaigne's Politics of the Self (Paperback)
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Sensual Philosophy - Toleration, Skepticism, and Montaigne's Politics of the Self (Paperback)
Series: Applications of Political Theory
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Almost since their publication, the writings of Michel de Montaigne
(1533-1592) have provided rich fodder for the work of scholars in
myriad disciplines. Philosophers have considered Montaigne's views
on skepticism; historians have examined his views on the Indians;
deconstructionists and literary scholars have examined Montaigne's
view of the self; and, political scientists have touched on his
arguments for toleration. However, because each of these projects
has been done largely in isolation, most scholars have failed to
see the relationships between the various aspects of Montaigne's
thought. Alan Levine, in Sensual Philosophy, unites Montaigne's
thought for the first time, ably and convincingly demonstrating the
significant role Montaigne played in establishing the liberal ethos
in the West. In exploring Montaigne's grounding for liberalism,
Levine considers Montaigne's conceptualization of skepticism and
its relationship to toleration. He argues that Montaigne's theories
of self ground his idea of toleration without leaving it open to
the corrosive charges of relativism and nihilism. Levine also
articulates the importance of Montaigne's thought for contemporary
conceptions of personal freedom, individuality, subjectivity, and
self-creation by bringing him into dialogue with modern and
postmodern political theorists such as Heidegger, Nietzsche, and
Richard Rorty. This lively book persuades those who might be
tempted by postmodernism that they should turn to Montaigne
instead.
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