Human nature and political power in Gracian (1601-1658)

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Published: Dec 14, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36576/2660-955X.50.25

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Authors
Jean Paul Coujou
Catholic University of Toulouse, France
Issue
Vol. 50 (2023): 1. Sección monográfica “La filosofía del barroco hispano” (Manuel Lázaro Pulido y Rafael Ramis Bareceló – editores asociados) 2. Sección miscelánea
Section
HISPANIC BAROQUE
Keywords:
Anthropology, artifice, dissimulation, human nature, passion, politics, reason of state, rhetoric
Abstract

The theory of political anthropology in Gracian is based on the observation that the relationship of man to his world is that of an inverted, unstable world, requiring a reconsideration of the opposition between being and appearance, as well as the taking in charge of the disillusions resulting from the loss of the traditional point of view on the recognized and instituted order. These shifts are at the heart of a renewal of the understanding of interhuman relations and of the construction of a mode of political existence that it is precisely a question of questioning since they redefine the borders and the specificity of the relationship established between human nature and power.

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Coujou, J. P. (2023). Human nature and political power in Gracian (1601-1658). Cuadernos Salmantinos De filosofía, 50, 23–50. https://doi.org/10.36576/2660-955X.50.25
Author Biography

Jean Paul Coujou, Catholic University of Toulouse, France

Agrégé chaire supérieure, Doctor (Paris I) Habilitation to direct research (Paris IV)

Professor at the Catholic University of Toulouse (31 rue de la Fonderie, 31000 Toulouse)

Member of the Michel Villey Institute, Paris

IHEM, University of the Balearic Islands

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