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Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility
- A Historical-Comparative Study of the British, French, and Polish Examples, c. 1770–1830
Engelsk
Bogcover for Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility af Adrian Wesolowski, 9781032373881
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
274
ISBN-13:
9781032373881
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1032373881
Udg. Dato:
18 dec 2024
Størrelse i cm:
22,8 x 15,4 x 1,7
Oplagsdato:
18 dec 2024
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Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility

- A Historical-Comparative Study of the British, French, and Polish Examples, c. 1770–1830
Engelsk
Paperback 2024
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This volume, an original combination of biography, cultural history, and media studies, investigates the first moment in history when philanthropy was used as a self-standing claim to fame and philanthropists started being considered as a distinct breed of public figures.

In its search for the cause of this development, it examines the way in which public images of early philanthropists in different parts of Europe were shaped in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The work draws on a comparison between British prison reformer John Howard, Alsatian pastor and humanitarian Jean-Frédéric Oberlin, and Stanislaw Staszic, a key figure of Enlightenment politics in Congress Poland. Revealing parallel mechanisms at play in different national contexts, it argues that famous philanthropists ushered in a new genre of fame, ‘philanthropic celebrity’, that placed Enlightenment ideals about virtue within the framework of early celebrity culture.

The book is primarily aimed at advanced students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and social sciences, especially those interested in the concepts of fame and celebrity and in the origins of modern humanitarianism.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
274
ISBN-13:
9781032373881
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1032373881
Udg. Dato:
18 dec 2024
Størrelse i cm:
22,8 x 15,4 x 1,7
Oplagsdato:
18 dec 2024
Forfatter(e):
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