Artful immorality, variants of cynicism: Machiavelli, Gracián, Diderot, Nietzsche

Media type: E-Book; Thesis
Title: Artful immorality, variants of cynicism : Machiavelli, Gracián, Diderot, Nietzsche
Contains: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Artful Immorality: Imprimis -- 2. Ancient Cynicism -- 3. The Close Readings -- 3.1. Elegant Expediency: Machiavelli’s Il Principe (~1513) -- 3.2. Acute Concinnity: Gracián’s Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647) -- 3.3. A ‘Diogenes Redivivus’: Diderot’s Le Neveu De Rameau (~1774 / 1805 / 1891) -- 3.4. Beyond Morality, Or Cynicism: Nietzsche’s Nachgelassene Fragmente (1884–1889) -- 4. Morality’s Contingency -- Scribal Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

Contributor: Mayfield, Daniel Scott [VerfasserIn]
imprint: Berlin; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, [2015]
2015
Published in: WeltLiteraturen ; 8
De Gruyter eBook-Paket Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, Area Studies
Extent: 1 Online Ressource (481Seiten)
Language: English
DOI: 10.1515/9783110431599
ISBN: 9783110431599; 9783110431834
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RVK notation: EC 3990 : Sonstiges
Keywords: Gracián y Morales, Baltasar > Machiavelli, Niccolò > Diderot, Denis > Nietzsche, Friedrich > Kynismus > Zynismus
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Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
Description: ‘Cynicism’ seems to be a viral word. Far from losing its function due to excessive use, it appears to be applied to almost anything deemed problematic – morally, societally, politically, culturally. This study aims at rendering scholarly expedient a term apparently innocent of any precise meaning, by providing precise descriptions of the cynical statement and the cynical stance in Machiavelli, Gracián, Diderot and Nietzsche.
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