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Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752 Israel, Jonathan I. (Professor of Modern European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752
Israel, Jonathan I. (Professor of Modern European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Presenting a reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation, this book focuses on the first half of the eighteenth century. It aims to trace to their roots the core principles of Western modernity: the primacy of reason, democracy, racial equality, feminism, religious toleration, sexual emancipation, and freedom of expression.
1024 pages, 16pp plates, 3 in-text half-tones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 9, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199279227 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 1024 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 240 × 63 mm · 1.63 kg |
| Language | English |