Novelists, artists, and philosophers of the eighteenth century
understood pleasure as a virtue--a gift to be shared with one's
companion, with a reader, or with the public. In this daring new
book, Thomas Kavanagh overturns the prevailing scholarly tradition
that views eighteenth-century France primarily as the incubator of
the Revolution. Instead, Kavanagh demonstrates how the art and
literature of the era put the experience of pleasure at the center
of the cultural agenda, leading to advances in both ethics and
aesthetics.
Kavanagh shows that pleasure is not necessarily hedonistic or
opposed to Enlightenment ideals in general; rather, he argues that
the pleasure of individuals is necessary for the welfare of their
community.
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