Reciprocity in France [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… Abstract This entry traces the uses and meaning of the term ‘reciprocity’ in the French Enlightenment. After showing how the term exploded in texts about society and political economy after 1750, it shows, … bibliographique, littéraire, artistique, scientifique (Geneva: Slatkine, [orig. 1875] 1982), p. 779. During the Enlightenment, réciprocité appeared in discussions about various kinds of sociability: polite, commercial and political. … as one of their central values, these discourses had always been tempered by pronounced notions of subjugation. The Enlightenment downplayed subjugation and emphasised moral equality. As Keith Baker has noted, during the Enlightenment ‘ …
Antagonism | Commerce | Equality | France | Hierarchy | Morality
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