Les Figures de la coutume

edited by Olivier Guerrier and Laurent Gerbier

Book cover: Les Figures de la coutume

Extent: 239 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Cahiers La Boetie

Series volume number: 2

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(July 2012)

ISBN: 9782812405099

5.94 x 8.62 inches

Price: $37.00

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Hardback (Published)

(October 2024)

ISBN: 9782406177449

5.94 x 8.62 inches

Price: $96.00

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This book stems from the international conference held in Sarlat in 2008, dedicated to the theme of custom and its manifestations, specifically in relation to La Boetie’s Discours de la Servitude volontaire. Studying custom in the context of Renaissance humanism, as well as its ancient and medieval roots through to its modern developments, the philosophers, jurists, historians, and literary scholars assembled in this volume seek to assess the epistemological and ethical ambivalence of custom, between “second nature” and denaturation.

Laurent Gerbier est maître de conférences HDR en philosophie à l’université de Tours. Ses travaux se partagent entre la philosophie morale et politique de la Renaissance et les études culturelles et visuelles contemporaines. Il co-dirige les collections « Cahiers La Boétie » et « Iconotextes ». Il est secrétaire de la Société internationale des amis de La Boétie et président des PUFR.

  • Edited by Laurent Gerbier
  • Edited by Olivier Guerrier