Savages, Romans, and despots : thinking about others from Montaigne to Herder /

From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Europeans struggled to understand their identity in the same way we do as individuals: by comparing themselves to others. In Savages, Romans, and Despots, Robert Launay takes us on a fascinating tour of early modern and modern history in an attempt to...

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Main Author: Launay, Robert, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central