Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752
- ISBN-10
- 0199279225
- ISBN-13
- 9780199279227
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 983
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-10-12
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Jonathan I. Israel, Professor of Modern European History Jonathan I Israel
Description
This is a managerial survey and reinterpretation of the Enlightenment. The text offers an assessment of the nature and development of the important currents in philosophical thinking arguing that supposed national enlightenments are of less significance than the rift between conservative and radical thought.
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