The Luxury of Skepticism: Politics, Philosophy, and Dialogue in the English Pu..

Description: The Luxury of Skepticism: Politics, Philosophy, and Dialogue in the English Public Sphere; 1660 - 1740 Condition is Brand New. No faults noted This will be packed very carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking. We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. We can send you three typical DVDs for the price of 1. or 2 novels shipped together might just cost an extra 60 cents for the second book. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping. Description: How is it that a controversy about politics becomes a conversation about philosophy? From Hobbes to Harrington to Shaftesbury to Berkeley, Timothy Dykstal explores the public function of the philosophical dialogue at the beginning of England's long eighteenth century. From his close analysis of the works of the era's great philosophers, Dykstal argues that the dialogue as a literary form helped to develop, and subsequently transform, the public sphere in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England. At the beginning of the period, the dialogue gained popularity by representing an answer to the controversies that beset the commonwealth. By the early eighteenth century, however, philosophers were setting their dialogues against the practical world of political mediation and defining a speculative realm that was increasingly private and apolitical. It is in this sense that what was originally a controversy about politics among many dialogue writers―a controversy in search of answers to the questions that plagued civil society―became a "conversation" among a few philosophers that sought to be civil by asking more questions. By describing a period in history when the dialogue was both philosophically speculative and politically engaged, Dykstal revives an important genre in eighteenth-century literature and restores it to its place in the public sphere, that discursive realm in civil society where conflicts of interest are articulated and negotiated. About the Author: Timothy Dykstal is an Associate Professor of English at Auburn University, and, with Paula R. Backscheider, coeditor of The Intersections of the Public and Private Spheres in Early Modern England. By the way: For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (GutenburgReads), are for the benefit of The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. The center provides transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, assistance with minor repairs around the house, and companionship through visits. The citizens of Winston-Salem generously donate books, music, movies, and more to us to help us achieve our mission. By buying useful items from us, you will be helping the less fortunate in our city. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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