On Human Diversity: Nationalism, Racism, and Exoticism in French Thought
by Todorov, Tzvetan; translated by Catherine Porter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674634381
- ISBN 13
- 9780674634381
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 1993. Attempt to "salvage the good name of the Enlightenment so that its ideas can once more inspire humane thought and action" after its distortions by "perverted universalism...scientism...[and]...relativism", focusing on French theorists including Montaigne, Tocqueville, Michelet, Renan, Lévi-Strauss. First edition (first printing) with full number string. Hardcover. Light wear to book & jacket, unmarked. Text clean; xvi, [2], 424 pages + list of books in the publisher's "Convergences" series; index, bibliography. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s0398
- Title
- On Human Diversity: Nationalism, Racism, and Exoticism in French Thought
- Author
- Todorov, Tzvetan; translated by Catherine Porter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674634381
- ISBN 13
- 9780674634381
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Cultural Studies, Eurocentrism, Racism, Philosophy, Enlightenment, Universalism, Relativism, Anthropology, Ethnology, Nationalism, Sociology
- Size
- Large Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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