TY - EJOUR A1 - Crétois, Pierre TI - The Staging of possessive individualism? - The Character of the marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos T2 - Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique 2016 – 2, n° 2. varia JO - Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique (ISSN 2495-991X), 2, 2016 – 2 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0113 SN - 2495-991X SP - 113 EP - 130 AB - 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. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/12/07 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Individualism, self-ownership, reification, private interest, Choderlos de Laclos LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-d-histoire-de-la-pensee-economique-2016-2-n-2-varia-the-staging-of-possessive-individualism.html Y2 - 2024/07/18 ER -