The Enlightenment World

ISBN-13: 9780415404082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 736 str.

Martin Fitzpatrick

Opis

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the European Enlightenment (circa 1720-1800) as both an historical epoch and a cultural formation. This collection begins with the intellectual origins of the Enlightenment, and spans early formations up to both contemporary and modern critics of the Enlightenment.

Recenzje

'A triumph ... The volume combines all the best features of the Routledge Worlds series ... in this case we really do have "the best study of the Enlightenment World ever produced".' - Historical Journal

'The volume will be of immeasurable help to those who want to explore the moving frontiers of Enlightenment studies, and it will undoubtedly encourage students to look for new challenges.' - English Historical Review

Spis treści

1. The Intellectual Origins of the Enlightenment  2. Early Enlightenment Formations  3. The High Enlightenment  4. Polite Culture and the Arts  5. Material and Popular Culture  6. Reforming the World  7. Transformations and Explorations  8. The Enlightenment and its Critics: Then and Now