The Irish enlightenment
Scotland and England produced well-known intellectuals during the Enlightenment, but Ireland's contribution to this revolution in Western thought has received less attention. Michael Brown shows that Ireland also had its Enlightenment, which for a brief time opened up the possibility of a tolerant society, despite a history of sectarian conflict.
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- Full title :The Irish enlightenment / Michael Brown.
Summary
Scotland and England produced well-known intellectuals during the Enlightenment, but Ireland's contribution to this revolution in Western thought has received less attention. Michael Brown shows that Ireland also had its Enlightenment, which for a brief time opened up the possibility of a tolerant society, despite a history of sectarian conflict.
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- Publication Date:2016.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 volume ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780674045774, 0674045777
- oclc:ocn951120432
- LC Classification:B802
- Dewey Decimal:941.507
Table of Contents
The religious enlightenment, 1688-1730 -- The Presbyterian enlightenment and the nature of man -- The Anglican enlightenment and the nature of God -- The Catholic enlightenment and the nature of law -- Social enlightenment, ca. 1730-ca. 1760 -- Languages of civility -- The enlightened counter public -- Communities of interest -- Political enlightenment, ca. 1760-1798 -- A culture of trust? -- Fracturing the Irish enlightenment -- An enlightened civil war -- Conclusion: Ireland's missing modernity.
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