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
