Alexander Cook
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3840867 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alexander Cook |
| NOMBRES | Alexander |
| APELLIDO | Cook |
| FIRMA | COOK A |
| AFILIACIONES | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5005-1039 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Perfecting monstrosity
Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, has captivated audiences for two centuries, spawning a sizable industry in critical interpretation, myriad spin offs, and innumerable
Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment
Introduction - Alexander Cook, Ned Curthoys and Shino Konishi Part I: Humanity and the Civilizing Process 1 Representing Humanity during the French Revolution: Volney's 'General Assembly of Peoples' - Alexander Cook 2 Representing Woman: Historicizing Women in the Age of Enlightenment - Mary Spongberg 3 Sheer Folly and Derangement: How the Crusades Disoriented Enlightenment Historiography - John Docker 4 Turning Things Around Together: Enlightenm…
The Great Society of the Human Species
This article analyses the complex and contested geo-politics associated with the concept of a universal human society during the era of the French Revolution. It focuses on the figure of Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820), a neglected philosopher who
Volney and the science of morality in revolutionary France
Today, Constantin Franois Volney (1757-1820) is an obscure figure. He was once one of the most notorious philosophers in Europe. Celebrated and reviled in equal measure, this philosopher, historian, linguist, travel writer and politician was for two generations the most widely read philosopher of the French Revolution. His work was banned in many countries, but it was distributed by networks of admirers across Europe and its colonial world. Throu…
The Politics of Pleasure Talk in 18th-Century Europe
This article provides an analysis of the role played by competing conceptions of pleasure in European cultural politics during the 18th century. Beginning with the `onanism' panic, which gripped western Europe in 1712, and with the apparent paradox that new concern about masturbation developed at a time when the pursuit of pleasure was increasingly legitimized in intellectual discourse, this article suggests that the panic can be understood as pa…
Sailing on The Ship
Sailing on The Ship: Re-enactment and the Quest for Popular History Get access Alexander Cook Alexander Cook Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, SPRING 2004, Pages 247–255, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/57.1.247 Published: 01 March 2004
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The Great Society of the Human Species
This article analyses the complex and contested geo-politics associated with the concept of a universal human society during the era of the French Revolution. It focuses on the figure of Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820), a neglected philosopher who
The Politics of Pleasure Talk in 18th-Century Europe
This article provides an analysis of the role played by competing conceptions of pleasure in European cultural politics during the 18th century. Beginning with the `onanism' panic, which gripped western Europe in 1712, and with the apparent paradox that new concern about masturbation developed at a time when the pursuit of pleasure was increasingly legitimized in intellectual discourse, this article suggests that the panic can be understood as pa…
Sailing on The Ship
Sailing on The Ship: Re-enactment and the Quest for Popular History Get access Alexander Cook Alexander Cook Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, SPRING 2004, Pages 247–255, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/57.1.247 Published: 01 March 2004
Gold
Gold
Sailing on The Ship
Sailing on The Ship: Re-enactment and the Quest for Popular History Get access Alexander Cook Alexander Cook Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, SPRING 2004, Pages 247–255, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/57.1.247 Published: 01 March 2004
The Politics of Pleasure Talk in 18th-Century Europe
This article provides an analysis of the role played by competing conceptions of pleasure in European cultural politics during the 18th century. Beginning with the `onanism' panic, which gripped western Europe in 1712, and with the apparent paradox that new concern about masturbation developed at a time when the pursuit of pleasure was increasingly legitimized in intellectual discourse, this article suggests that the panic can be understood as pa…
Volney and the science of morality in revolutionary France
Today, Constantin Franois Volney (1757-1820) is an obscure figure. He was once one of the most notorious philosophers in Europe. Celebrated and reviled in equal measure, this philosopher, historian, linguist, travel writer and politician was for two generations the most widely read philosopher of the French Revolution. His work was banned in many countries, but it was distributed by networks of admirers across Europe and its colonial world. Throu…
The Great Society of the Human Species
This article analyses the complex and contested geo-politics associated with the concept of a universal human society during the era of the French Revolution. It focuses on the figure of Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820), a neglected philosopher who
Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment
Introduction - Alexander Cook, Ned Curthoys and Shino Konishi Part I: Humanity and the Civilizing Process 1 Representing Humanity during the French Revolution: Volney's 'General Assembly of Peoples' - Alexander Cook 2 Representing Woman: Historicizing Women in the Age of Enlightenment - Mary Spongberg 3 Sheer Folly and Derangement: How the Crusades Disoriented Enlightenment Historiography - John Docker 4 Turning Things Around Together: Enlightenm…
Perfecting monstrosity
Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, has captivated audiences for two centuries, spawning a sizable industry in critical interpretation, myriad spin offs, and innumerable
Philosophy (5 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Environmental ethics (3 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Archaeology (2 obras) · Art (2 obras)