Human nature, cultural diversity, and the French Enlightenment / Henry Vyverberg
1989, 1st edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425850
ISBN: 019505864X
Physical description; xii, 223 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index. Contents; Contents; Introduction; 1 From Nature to Human Nature; 2 The Uniformity of Human Nature; 3 The Diversity of Human Beings; 4 Physical and Moral Influences on National Character; 5 Understanding Cultural Diversity; 6 A Cultural Miscellany; 7 The Mildly Exotic East; 8 Historical Diversity; 9 The Case of Ancient Greece; 10 The Case of the Middle Ages; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. Subjects; 1700-1799. Enlightenment France. Philosophical anthropology History 18th century. Ethnopsychology France History 18th century. Enlightenment. Ethnopsychology. Intellectual life. Philosophical anthropology.
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