The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader Contributor(s): Gomez, Olga (Editor), Greensides, Francesca (Editor), Hyland, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415204496 ISBN-13: 9780415204491 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: By the end of the eighteenth century a distinctly modern vision of life was emerging. The revolutions in America and France revealed new beliefs about human nature; rights and duties; the natural and material worlds; and a new faith in science, technology and the idea of progress. As people began to change the way they thought about themselves and the world around them, a whole new way of thinking developed, which still has an overwhelming impact two centuries on. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Civilization - History | Modern - 17th Century |
Dewey: 940.253 |
LCCN: 2002032464 |
Series: Routledge Readers in History |
Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.09" W x 9.19" (1.75 lbs) 488 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Enlightenment brings together the work of major Enlightenment thinkers such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Diderot and Kant, to illustrate the full importance and achievements of this period in history. Extracts are gathered thematically into sections on such aspects of the Enlightenment as:
All essays are introduced, and a final section on 'critical reflections' provides a selection of modern critical opinions on the period by writers including Foucault, Habermas, and Lyotard. Containing illustrations from the work of artists such as Hogarth and Gainsborough, a chronology of the Enlightenment, and a detailed bibliography, The Enlightenment is a rich source of information and inspiration for all those studying this great period of change. |