A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy
Inbunden bok. Princeton University Press. Första uppl. 2010. xvi, 276 sidor.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780691142005
- Titel
- A revolution of the mind : radical enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
- Författare
- Israel, Jonathan Irvine
- Förlag
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Progress and the enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion.