{"product_id":"the-virtues-of-abandon-charly-coleman-9780804784436","title":"The Virtues of Abandon: An Anti-Individualist History of the French Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrance in the eighteenth century glittered, but also seethed, with new goods and new ideas. In the halls of Versailles, the streets of Paris, and the soul of the Enlightenment itself, a vitriolic struggle was being waged over the question of ownership--of property, of position, even of personhood. Those who championed man's possession of material, spiritual, and existential goods faced the successive assaults of radical Christian mystics, philosophical materialists, and political revolutionaries. \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Abandon\u003c\/i\u003e traces the aims and activities of these three seemingly disparate groups, and the current of anti-individualism that permeated theology, philosophy, and politics throughout the period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFired by the desire to abandon the self, men and women sought new ways to relate to God, nature, and nation. They joined illicit mystic cults that engaged in rituals of physical mortification and sexual license, committed suicides in the throes of materialist fatalism, drank potions to induce consciousness-altering dreams, railed against the degrading effects of unfettered consumption, and ultimately renounced the feudal privileges that had for centuries defined their social existence. The explosive denouement was the French Revolution, during which God and king were toppled from their thrones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charly Coleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804784434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804784436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.39w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 691","brand":"Charly Coleman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086877176063,"sku":"9780804784436","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ecd8e2a-56cd-4740-8a06-0c24aefab1c4.jpg?v=1769097094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-virtues-of-abandon-charly-coleman-9780804784436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}