Fénelon

Moral and Political Writings

Ryan Patrick Hanley

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
12 February 2020

Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory

Fénelon is arguably one of the most neglected major philosophers of early modernity.

His political masterwork was the most-read book in eighteenth-century France after the Bible, and yet today even specialists rarely engage his work directly.

This problem is particularly acute in the Anglophone world, where only a small fraction of Fénelon's vast and influential corpus has appeared in modern English translation. This collection of new translations of Fénelon's moral and political writings renders one of the leading voices of early modern philosophy accessible to English-language audiences. Reflecting the impressive breadth of Fenelon's thought, the volume includes work on topics ranging from education to literature to religion and statecraft. In the realm of political philosophy and ethics, Fénelon was an uncompromising critic of Louis XIV and absolutism, committed to reforming France's social, political and economic institutions. In the Enlightenment, he came to be celebrated as a pioneering theorist of education and rhetoric, a prescient student of economics and international relations, and a key voice in the philosophical debates among the heirs of Descartes - not to mention his fame as one of the seventeenth-century's most preeminent theologians and spiritualists and masters of French prose. With an extensive introduction to Fénelon's life and work, this volume is a critical resource for students and scholars of French history, political philosophy, economics, education, literature, and religion.

Edited and translated by: Ryan Patrick Hanley
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 234mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9780190079598
ISBN 10: 0190079592
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 12 February 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ryan Patrick Hanley is Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College, he was the Mellon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and held visiting appointments or fellowships at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. He is the author of several studies on Enlightenment political philosophy, including Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue (2009) and Love's Enlightenment: Rethinking Charity in Modernity (2017).

Reviews for Fénelon: Moral and Political Writings

By offering a new, eminently readable English version of selections from the Archbishop of Cambrai's most important writings, Hanley (Boston College) has provided a service to all those interested in the history of ideas...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty. * C. B. Kerr, Vassar College, CHOICE *