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This book connects the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade—one of the most notorious, iconic, and yet poorly-understood figures within the history of European thought—with the broader themes of the Enlightenment. Rather than seeing himself as a mere pornographer, Sade understood himself as continuing the progressive tradition of French Enlightenment philosophy. Sade aspired to be a philosophe. This book uses intellectual history and the history of philosophy to reconstruct Sade’s philosophical ‘system’ and its historical context. Within the period’s discourse of sensibility Sade draws on the philosophical and the literary to form a relatively sophisticated ‘system’ which he deploys to critically engage with the two major strands of eighteenth-century ethical theory: the moral sense and natural law traditions. This work is of interest to: ‘Continental’ Philosophy, Critical Theory, French Studies, the History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Literary Studies, the History of Moral Philosophy, and Enlightenment Studies. .

Philosophy --- General ethics --- History of philosophy --- ethiek --- filosofie --- geschiedenis --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sade, de, Donatien A.F.

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This book unearths Carter’s deconstruction of the male-dominated discipline of Western thought. Revealing the extensive philosophical research that underpins Carter’s intertextual work, this book offers new readings of her fiction in relation to a range of philosophical texts and ideas. By re-examining Carter’s writing with reference to the archived collection of her notes that has recently become available at the British Library, Angela Carter and Western Philosophy puts forward new interpretations of Carter’s writing practices. With chapters examining her allusions to Plato, Hobbes and Rousseau, Descartes, Locke and Hume, Wittgenstein and Ryle, as well as Kant and Sade, this book illuminates Carter’s engagement with different areas of Western thought, and discusses how this shapes her portrayal of reality, identity, civilisation, and morality. Angela Carter and Western Philosophy will be of interest to researchers, lecturers, and students working on contemporary women’s writing, philosophy and literature, and intertextual literary practices. .

Philosophy --- History of philosophy --- Linguistics --- Fiction --- English literature --- Literature --- geletterdheid --- fantasy --- filosofie --- geschiedenis --- literatuur --- Engelse literatuur --- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques --- Ryle, Gilbert --- Carter, Angela --- Kant, Hermann --- Hobbes, Thomas --- Sade, de, Donatien A.F. --- Wittgenstein, Ludwig --- Plato --- Hume, David --- Locke, John --- Descartes, René --- anno 1900-1999 --- Great Britain --- Ireland