Libertine Enlightenment

Download or read book Libertine Enlightenment written by L. O'Connell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex in the Eighteenth-century was not simply a pleasure; it had profound philosophical and political implications. This book explores those implications, and in particular the links between sexual freedom and liberty in a variety of European and British contexts. Discussing prostitutes and politicians, philosophers and charlatans, confidence tricksters and novelists, Libertine Enlightenment presents a fascinating overview of the sexual dimension of enlightened modernity.