The to Z of the Enlightenment Contributor(s): Chisick, Harvey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810868245 ISBN-13: 9780810868243 Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys OUR PRICE: $57.42 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 Annotation: This dictionary offers a balanced overview and helps readers understand and appreciate the Enlightenment Movement. Cross-referenced dictionary entries cover the significant persons, places, events, institutions, and literary works of the movement, and a chronological table charts the progression of the movement by indicating the date, the main figures involved, the political or society events, and the science, arts, or letters that resulted. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - History | Europe - General - Philosophy | Reference |
Dewey: 940.250 |
Series: A to Z Guides |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.65 lbs) 548 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Enlightenment Movement changed society forever, driving it forward through new and fresh ways of thinking about science, religion, history, politics, and culture. This dictionary offers a balanced overview and helps us to understand and appreciate the Enlightenment through its coverage of the basic assumptions and values that structured the movement; explanation of how these ideas were articulated; the paths of communication they followed; how its key ideas grew, developed and were refracted; and how new problems grew out of what were advanced as solutions to older problems. An engaging introductory essay along with hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries defines the significant persons, places, events, institutions, and literary works of the movement. A chronological table charts the progression of the movement by indicating the date, the main figures involved, the political or society events, and the science, arts, or letters that resulted. The comprehensive bibliography, with an introductory essay to the literature, categorized by subject complements this reference that will be valued by all seeking basic details about this important period. |