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- catalog abstract "The Age of Reasons reads Don Quixote as a parodic example of eighteenth-century "reason." Reason was supposed to be universally compelling, yet it was also thought to be empirically derived. Quixotic figures satirize these assumptions by appearing to be utterly insane, while reproducing the conditions of universal rationality: they staunchly believe that reason is universal, that it can be confirmed by experience, and that they themselves are rational. Joining imaginative literature, moral philosophy and the emerging discourse of the new science, she seeks to historicize the meaning of eighteenth-century "reason" and its supposed opposites, quixotism and sentimentalism. Reading novels by the Fieldings, Lennox and Sterne alongside the works of Adam Smith, Motooka argues that the legacy of sentimentalism is the social sciences. The Age of Reasons raises our understanding of eighteenth-century British culture and its relation to the "rational" culture of economics that is growing ever more pervasive today.".
- catalog contributor b10763745.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Civilization 18th century.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-274) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the quixotic problem -- 1. Turning authority into jest: tyrants, pedants, quixotes and enthusiasts in the early eighteenth century -- 2. Common sense, moral sense and nonsense: sentimentalism and the empirical study of invisible things -- 3. Coming to a bad end: sentimentalism, The Female Quixote and the power of interest -- 4. Seeing the general view: Henry Fielding and quixotic authorship -- 5. De gustibus non est disputandum: Tristram Shandy and "the production of a rational Being" -- 6. Laying down the general rule: Adam Smith, impartial spectators and the philosopher's trade -- Epilogue: "The grandsons of Adam Smith."".
- catalog description "Joining imaginative literature, moral philosophy and the emerging discourse of the new science, she seeks to historicize the meaning of eighteenth-century "reason" and its supposed opposites, quixotism and sentimentalism. Reading novels by the Fieldings, Lennox and Sterne alongside the works of Adam Smith, Motooka argues that the legacy of sentimentalism is the social sciences. The Age of Reasons raises our understanding of eighteenth-century British culture and its relation to the "rational" culture of economics that is growing ever more pervasive today.".
- catalog description "The Age of Reasons reads Don Quixote as a parodic example of eighteenth-century "reason." Reason was supposed to be universally compelling, yet it was also thought to be empirically derived. Quixotic figures satirize these assumptions by appearing to be utterly insane, while reproducing the conditions of universal rationality: they staunchly believe that reason is universal, that it can be confirmed by experience, and that they themselves are rational.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 282 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415179416".
- catalog isPartOf "Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 12".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Civilization 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "823/.509355 21".
- catalog subject "Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Influence.".
- catalog subject "Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.".
- catalog subject "Economics Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR858.E37 M68 1998".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Rationalism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Satire, British History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Satire, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Sentimentalism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the quixotic problem -- 1. Turning authority into jest: tyrants, pedants, quixotes and enthusiasts in the early eighteenth century -- 2. Common sense, moral sense and nonsense: sentimentalism and the empirical study of invisible things -- 3. Coming to a bad end: sentimentalism, The Female Quixote and the power of interest -- 4. Seeing the general view: Henry Fielding and quixotic authorship -- 5. De gustibus non est disputandum: Tristram Shandy and "the production of a rational Being" -- 6. Laying down the general rule: Adam Smith, impartial spectators and the philosopher's trade -- Epilogue: "The grandsons of Adam Smith."".
- catalog title "The age of reasons : quixotism, sentimentalism, and political economy in eighteenth-century Britain / Wendy Motooka.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".