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Table of Contents
Cover
Half-Title
Series
Dedication
Title
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The impossibility of misanthropy
1Misanthropy and the old order
2Misanthropists and the body
3Misanthropy and history: A few philosophers
4The Irish misanthropic tradition
5Women, modernity and misanthropy
6Misanthropy and the new world
Conclusion: Contemporary culture and the end(s) of misanthropy
Notes
Index
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