Jeremy Robbins

Arts of Perception

The Epistemological Mentality of the Spanish Baroque, 1580-1720

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Produktbeschreibung

Offering an account of a key period in Spanish history and culture and a fundamental reassessment of its major writers and intellectuals, this study takes as its subject the distinctive epistemological mentality behind such 'arts of perception'.

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Arts of Perception offers a new account of a key period in Spanish history and culture, and a fundamental reassessment of its major writers and intellectuals, including Gracián, Quevedo, Calderón, Saavedra Fajardo, López de Vega, and Sor Juana.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415860291
• ISBN-10: 0415860296
• Artikelnr.: 37328763

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Robbins

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Arts of Perception 1. The Rediscovery of Pyrrhonism 2.
Neostoicism, Value Judgement and Moral Perception 3. Politics, Knowledge,
and Perception 4. Prudence and the Compass of Deceit 5. The Exploitation of
Ignorance 6. Knowledge, Self and Honour 7. The Acclimatization of
Scepticism: Scepticism and Stoicism in Antonio López de Vega 8. Baltasar
Gracián's El Criticón and the Arts of Perception 9. From Baroque to
Pre-Enlightenment: Resolving the Epistemological Crisis. Conclusion