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The Enlightenment world

Author: Martin Fitzpatrick; et al
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series: Routledge worlds.
Edition/Format:  Book  Computer File : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This collection of essays written by leading international experts offers an informed, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the European Enlightenment (circa. 1720-1800) as both an historical epoch and a cultural formation.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Computer File, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Martin Fitzpatrick; et al
ISBN: 0415215757 9780415215756
OCLC Number: 223743579
Description: xxi, 714 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Details: System requirements for PC users: Internet Explorer 5.5 and above, Adobe Acrobat reader 6.0.2 and above. For Mac users: Safari 1.2 and above, Adobe Acrobat reader 7.0 and above.
Contents: Section 1: Intellectual Origins of Enlightenment Introduction / Peter Jones --
1. Science and the coming of Enlightenment / John Henry --
2. The quest for philosophical certainty / Peter Schouls --
3. The critique of Christianity / James Dybikowski --
4. Enquiry, scepticism and Enlightenment / Aaron Garrett --
5. The Huguenot debate on toleration / Luisa Simonutti --
Section 2: Aspects of Early Enlightenment Formations Introduction / Martin Fitzpatrick --
6. The Dutch Republic: 'that mother nation of liberty' / Hugh Dunthorne --
7. A crucible for change: Enlightenment in Britain / Alexander Murdoch --
8. The itinerary of a young intellectual in early Enlightenment Germany / Martin Mulsow --
9. The Age of Louis XIV and early Enlightenment France / Martin Fitzpatrick --
Section 3: The High Enlightenment Introduction / Martin Fitzpatrick --
10. Pursuing an Enlightened Gospel: Happiness from Deism to Materialism to Atheism / Darrin McMahon --
11. Progress and Optimism / Clare Jackson --
12. The Science of Man / Christa Knellwolf --
13. Historical writing in the Enlightenment World / Johnson Kent Wright --
14. Education and the Reproduction of the Enlightenment / Geraint Parry --
15. Science and the Eighteenth-century Public: Scientific Revolutions and the Changing Format of Scientific Investigation / Larry Stewart --
Section 4: Polite Culture and the Arts Introduction / Peter Jones --
16. Feminizing the Enlightenment: the Problem of Sensibility / Jane Rendall --
17 .Polite Worlds of Enlightenment / Margaret Jacob --
18. Nature and Art in Enlightenment Culture / John Sweetman --
19. Music and enlightenment: Rousseau and Rameau / Cynthia Verba --
20. Italian Operas and their audiences / Peter Jones --Section 5: Material and Popular Culture Introduction / Peter Jones --
21. Encyclopaedism and Enlightenment / Richard Yeo --
22 .Enlightenment Print Culture / Carla Hesse --
23. The appearance of Enlightenment: re-fashioning the Elites / Peter McNeill --
24. Popular Culture / Nicholas Rogers --
Section 6: Reforming the World Introduction / Martin Fitzpatrick --
25. The party of the philosophes / David Garrioch --
26. Enlightenment and government / Eckhart Hellmuth --
27. Enlightenment, Republicanism and Radicalism / Mark Philp --
28. The New Economics of the Enlightenment / Kathryn Sutherland --
29. Making a Better World: Enlightenment and philanthropy / David Garrioch --
30. Law and Enlightenment / Randall Mcgowen.
Series Title: Routledge worlds.
Other Titles: Ebook library collection.
Responsibility: editors, Martin Fitzpatrick ... [et al.].
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