The enlightenment : a sourcebook and reader /

"At the beginning of the eighteenth century a distinctly modern vision of life was emerging; by its close, revolutions in America and France had revealed new beliefs about human nature, rights and duties, nature and culture, the natural and material worlds, and a new faith in science, technolog...

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Other Authors: Gomez, Olga (Editor), Greensides, Francesca (Editor), Hyland, Paul, 1953- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part one : Sources. Human nature
  • The search for knowledge
  • Religion and belief
  • The natural world
  • Science and invention
  • Political rights and responsibilities
  • The development of civil society
  • Moral principles and punishments
  • Gender and society
  • Art, architecture and nature
  • Europeans and the wider world
  • Radicalism and revolution
  • Autobiographical reflections
  • Part two : Reader. Modern critical reflections
  • Part three : Chronology and further reading.