Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790

Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790
ISBN-10
019954820X
ISBN-13
9780199548200
Category
History
Pages
1084
Language
English
Published
2011-08-11
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Jonathan Israel

Description

Jonathan Israel's radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights forgotten currents and figures. Running counter to mainstream thinking, he demonstrates how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires provided the intellectual powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how their ideas connect with modern Western democracy.

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