Paranoia and modernity : Cervantes to Rousseau / John Farrell.

Author/creator Farrell, John, 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Description341 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Agent and other -- The responsible knight -- The knight errant -- Luther and the devil's world -- The terrors of reform -- The science of suspicion -- The demons of Descartes and Hobbes -- Pascal and power -- The art of polite disguise -- Swift and the satiric absolute -- A flight from humanity -- Invisible agents -- Rousseau's great plot -- An attempted escape -- Epilogue : paranoia and postmodernism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005017717
ISBN0801444101 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801444104

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks CB358.F37 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold