{"product_id":"the-other-enlightenment-matthew-sharpe-9781538160237","title":"The Other Enlightenment: Self-Estrangement, Race, and Gender","description":"\u003cp\u003eChallenging widespread misunderstandings, this book shows that central to key enlightenment texts was the practice of estranging taken-for-granted prejudices by adopting the perspective of Others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe enlightenment's key progenitors, led by Montesquieu, Voltaire and Diderot, were more empiricist than rationalist, and more critical than utopian. Moreover, each was an artful exponent of the 'proto-postmodernist' practice of asking Europeans to review what they considered unquestionable through the eyes of Others: Persians, women, Tahitians, Londoners, natives and na?ves, the blind, and even imaginary extra-terrestrials. This book aims to show that this self-estrangement, as a means to gain critical distance from one's taken-for-granted assumptions, was central to the enlightenment, and remains vital for critical and constructive sociopolitical thinking today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Sharpe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538160234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538160237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.18w x 0.84d","brand":"Matthew Sharpe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250693853439,"sku":"9781538160237","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7e0cc9a-9c08-4f66-b41f-41037b420f11.jpg?v=1729601114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-other-enlightenment-matthew-sharpe-9781538160237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}