Libertine Enlightenment

Libertine Enlightenment
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780230522817
ISBN-13 : 0230522815
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Book Synopsis Libertine Enlightenment by : L. O'Connell

Download or read book Libertine Enlightenment written by L. O'Connell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex in the Eighteenth-century was not simply a pleasure; it had profound philosophical and political implications. This book explores those implications, and in particular the links between sexual freedom and liberty in a variety of European and British contexts. Discussing prostitutes and politicians, philosophers and charlatans, confidence tricksters and novelists, Libertine Enlightenment presents a fascinating overview of the sexual dimension of enlightened modernity.


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