Montaigne after theory, theory after Montaigne / edited by Zahi Zalloua.

Other author Zalloua, Zahi Anbra, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoSeattle : University of Washington Press ; Walla Walla, Wash. : In association with Whitman College, ©2009.
Description315 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents From amateur gentleman to gentleman amateur / George Hoffmann -- Theory and practice in "Du pedantisme" / Eric MacPhail -- Fashion / John O'Brien -- Duty, conciliation, and ontology in the Essais / Jacob Vance -- Montaigne parrhesiastes: Foucault's fearless speech and truth-telling in the Essays / Reinier Leushuis -- "Qu'est-ce que la critique?": La Boétie, Montaigne, Foucault / Marc Schachter -- Confession or parrhesia? Foucault after Montaigne / Virginia Krause -- Nasty, brutish, and long: the life of Montaigne's Essais in Hobbes's theory of contract / David L. Sedley -- Cannibalizing experience in the Essais / Andrea Frisch -- Rereading Montaigne's memorable stories: sexuality and gender in Vitry-le-François / Edith J. Benkov -- Theorizing sex and gender in Montaigne / Todd W. Reeser -- For a theory of forms in Montaigne / Philippe Desan -- Fadaises & dictons / Tom Conley -- "Mettre la theorique avant la practique": Montaigne and the practice of theory / Richard L. Regosin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008055942
ISBN9780295988900 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0295988908 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9780295988917 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0295988916 (pbk. : alk. paper)