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Freedom, Slavery, and Absolutism
Ziad Elmarsafy
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Hardback. Ziad Elmarsafy explores the concept of freedom by reading the works of Corneille, Pascal, and Racine as political theories in the guise of literature. Within this framework, a certain model quickly becomes apparent, namely that of absolute sovereignty as the guarantor of freedom. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
Ziad Elmarsafy explores the concept of freedom by reading the works of Corneille, Pascal, and Racine as political theories in the guise of literature. Within this framework, a certain model quickly becomes apparent, namely that of absolute sovereignty as the guarantor of freedom. The three writers under consideration share the view that freedom is ensured only by absolute authority rather than the absence of such authority. From Corneille, who modulates freedom through an erotic link to the monarch as a means through which the glorious individual is brought into the state's fold, to Pascal, who traces the liberation of the ... Read more
Ziad Elmarsafy explores the concept of freedom by reading the works of Corneille, Pascal, and Racine as political theories in the guise of literature. Within this framework, a certain model quickly becomes apparent, namely that of absolute sovereignty as the guarantor of freedom. The three writers under consideration share the view that freedom is ensured only by absolute authority rather than the absence of such authority. From Corneille, who modulates freedom through an erotic link to the monarch as a means through which the glorious individual is brought into the state's fold, to Pascal, who traces the liberation of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611481853
SKU
V9781611481853
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About Ziad Elmarsafy
Ziad Elmarsafy is Associate Professor of French at New York University. He is the author ofThe Histrionic Sensibility: Theatricality and Identity from Corneille to Rousseau (2001) and the editor of Philosophies of Classical France/Philosophies au siecle classique en France (2001).
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