{"product_id":"regulating-confusion-9780822317173","title":"Regulating Confusion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmbivalent about the disruption, perplexity, and variety apparent in the London of his day, Johnson was committed to the conventions of moral reflection and troubled by the pressure to adopt the perspective of the crowd and the language of social theory. This work explores the consequences of his ambivalence and his attempt to order the chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thomas Reinert has succeeded—while giving his many predecessors their due—both in saying entirely new things about Samuel Johnson and also in addressing in an original and stimulating way the question of what it is that changes in eighteenth-century Britain—what it is that gives that culture its particular ‘modernity.’”—Deidre Lynch, State University of New York at Buffalo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Desire for Fame 18\u003cbr\u003e 2. Periodical Moralizing 46\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Vanity of Human Wishes 75\u003cbr\u003e 4. Exemplary Self-Sacrifice 89\u003cbr\u003e 5. Probability and Conjecture 122\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 139\u003cbr\u003e Notes 163\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 183\u003cbr\u003e Index 189","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406017306967,"sku":"9780822317173","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822317173.jpg?v=1730494255","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/regulating-confusion-9780822317173","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}