The Enlightenment

ISBN-13: 9780333945056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 90 str.

Roy Porter

Opis

The 18th-century Enlightenment was one of the most exciting and significant currents of European culture. Battling against tyranny, ignorance, and superstition, it formulated the ideals of thought, religion, and expression, the value of science, and the pursuit of progress. Enlightenment thinkers undermined the

Spis treści

Introduction and Acknowledgements.- What Was the Enlightenment?.- The Goal: A Science of Man.- The Politics of Enlightenment.- Reforming Religion by Reason.- Who Was the Enlightenment?.- Unity or Diversity?.- Movement or Mentalité?.- Conclusion: Did the Enlightenment Matter?.- Reading Suggestions.- Index.

O autorze

ROY PORTER sometime Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. He has written widely on the history of medicine, psychiatry and the Enlightenment. His recent books include Doctor of Society: Thomas Beddoes and the Sick Trade in Late Enlightenment England (1991), London: A Social History (1994) and 'The Greatest Benefit to Mankind': A Medical History of Humanity (1997).