Montaigne after Theory, Theory after Montaigne

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: What Is Theory? zahi zalloua 3 1 From Amateur Gentleman to Gentleman Amateur george hoffmann 19 2 Theory and Practice in “Du pedantisme” eric macphail 39 3 Fashion john o’brien 55 4 Duty, Conciliation, and Ontology in the Essais jacob vance 75 5 Montaigne Parrhesiastes: Foucault’s Fearless Speech and Truthtelling in the Essays reinier leushuis 100 6 “Qu’est-ce que la critique?” La Boétie, Montaigne, Foucault marc schachter 122 7 Confession or Parrhesia? Foucault after Montaigne virginia krause 142 8 Nasty, Brutish, and Long: The Life of Montaigne’s Essais in Hobbes’s Theory of Contract david l. sedley 161 9 Cannibalizing Experience in the Essais andrea frisch 180 10 Rereading Montaigne’s Memorable Stories: Sexuality and Gender in Vitry-le-François edith j. benkov 202 11 Theorizing Sex and Gender in Montaigne todd w. reeser 218 12 For a Theory of Forms in Montaigne philippe desan 242 13 Fadaises & Dictons tom conley 253 14 “Mettre la theorique avant la practique”: Montaigne and the Practice of Theory richard l. regosin 264 Bibliography 281 Contributors 303 Index 309 ...