The Enlightenment world
"Draws together the work of thirty-nine leading international experts on the European Enlightenment (c1660-1800) to offer informed, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of this period as both an historical epoch and a cultural formation"--BOOKJACKET.
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- Full title :The Enlightenment world / editors, Martin Fitzpatrick [and others].
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"Draws together the work of thirty-nine leading international experts on the European Enlightenment (c1660-1800) to offer informed, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of this period as both an historical epoch and a cultural formation"--BOOKJACKET.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
Notes
Released in paperback 2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 714 pages : : illustrations, maps, portraits ; : 26 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0415215757, 9780415215756, 0203644697, 9780203644690, 9786610049868, 6610049866
- oclc:ocn252888457
- LC Classification:B802
- Dewey Decimal:940.2/5
Table of Contents
Section 1: Intellectual Origins of Enlightenment Introduction / Peter Jones -- 1. Science and the coming of Enlightenment / John Henry -- 2. The quest for philosophical certainty / Peter Schouls -- 3. The critique of Christianity / James Dybikowski -- 4. Enquiry, scepticism and Enlightenment / Aaron Garrett -- 5. The Huguenot debate on toleration / Luisa Simonutti -- Section 2: Aspects of Early Enlightenment Formations Introduction / Martin Fitzpatrick -- 6. The Dutch Republic: 'that mother nation of liberty' / Hugh Dunthorne -- 7. A crucible for change: Enlightenment in Britain / Alexander Murdoch -- 8. The itinerary of a young intellectual in early Enlightenment Germany / Martin Mulsow -- 9. The Age of Louis XIV and early Enlightenment France / Martin Fitzpatrick -- Section 3: The High Enlightenment Introduction / Martin Fitzpatrick -- 10. Pursuing an Enlightened Gospel: Happiness from Deism to Materialism to Atheism / Darrin McMahon -- 11. Progress and Optimism / Clare Jackson -- 12. The Science of Man / Christa Knellwolf -- 13. Historical writing in the Enlightenment World / Johnson Kent Wright -- 14. Education and the Reproduction of the Enlightenment / Geraint Parry -- 15. S…
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