The Conversion of Imagination
From Pascal through Rousseau to Tocqueville
Published on 31. March 2006
298 pages
978-0-674-27496-9 (ISBN)
Description
Maguire uncovers a history of French thought that casts the imagination as a dominant faculty in our experience of the world. Original and thought-provoking, this book will interest a range of readers across intellectual history, political theory, literary and cultural studies, and the history of religious thought.
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Digital original
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English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-27496-9 (9780674274969)
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Harvard University Press
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Content
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Pascal: Imagining Memory 2. The Imagination of Reason 3. Rousseau and the Revolution of Enlightenment 4. Illusion's Reflection: Rousseau's Julie 5. The Consuming Infinite 6. Rousseau and Restoration: Imagination and Memory 7. The Gravity of Illusion: Alexis de Tocqueville Conclusion Notes Index
