Essaying Montaigne
Subtitle: A Study of the Renaissance Institution of Writing and Reading (Liverpool University Press - Studies in European Regional Cultures)
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780853235071
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries; Social & political philosophy; Social theory; Sociology; French; Philosophy; Renaissance; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Political
Description: John O'Neill reads Montaigne's 'Essays' from the principle of friendship as a communicative and pedagogical practice in society, literature and politics. He shows how subjectivity is shaken by its internal weakness once we move inside the structure of domination in politics, gender and race.