Enlightenment Contested
Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752
ISBN13: 9780199279227ISBN10: 0199279225
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1024 pages
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The first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation. Continuing the story he began in Radical Enlightenment , Jonathan Israel now focuses on the first half of the eighteenth century. He traces to their roots the core principles of Western modernity: the primacy of reason, democracy, racial equality, feminism, religious toleration, sexual emancipation, and freedom of expression.Features
- Superb follow-up to the best-selling Radical Enlightenment
- Major new reinterpretation of the Enlightenment by its leading historian
- Breath-taking scholarship on an unprecedented scale
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1024 pages; 16pp plates, 3 halftones; ISBN13: 978-0-19-927922-7ISBN10: 0-19-927922-5About the Author(s)
Jonathan I. Israel, Professor of Modern European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
