The Staging of possessive individualism? The Character of the marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos

• Publication type: Journal article
• Journal:
  Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique
  2016 – 2, n° 2
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• Author: Crétois (Pierre)
• Abstract: In Les Liaisons dangereuses, more precisely in a letter from the Marquise de Merteuil to the Vicomte de Valmont, Choderlos de Laclos sets the scene of an individualistic freedom shaped by self-appropriation. This freedom meets all the conditions of its failure, indeed it ends with its reification. This letter is also a critical representation of individual rationality and highlights certain features and limitations of modern individuality and of exchange relationships.
• Pages: 113 to 130
• Journal: Journal of the History of Economic Thought
• CLIL theme: 3340 -- SCIENCES ÉCONOMIQUES -- Histoire économique
• EAN: 9782406063506
• ISBN: 978-2-406-06350-6
• ISSN: 2495-991X
• DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0113
• Publisher: Classiques Garnier
• Online publication: 12-13-2016
• Periodicity: Biannual
• Language: French
• Keyword: Individualism, self-ownership, reification, private interest, Choderlos de Laclos

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