1st Edition
Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility A Historical-Comparative Study of the British, French, and Polish Examples, c. 1770–1830
By Adrian Wesołowski
Copyright 2023
282 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume, an original combination of biography, cultural history, and media studies, investigates the first moment in history when philanthropy was used as a self-standing claim to fame and philanthropists started being considered as a distinct breed of public figures.
In its search for the cause of this development, it examines the way in which public images of early philanthropists in... Read more
Introduction
1. The Age of Sensibility
2. At the Roots of Philanthropic Celebrity
3. Howard – A Career in Humanity
4. Oberlin – La célébrité de la vertu
5. Staszic – Nieśmiertelny i dobroczynny
6. The Figure of the Philanthropist
7. The Momentousness of Philanthropic Fame
Conclusion
Biography
Adrian Wesołowski is a Research Fellow at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. He studies social and cultural history in modern and early modern Europe with particular focus on the history of philanthropy and the history of the public sphere.
