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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
John Robertson |
ISBN: | 9780199591787 0199591784 |
OCLC Number: | 935660590 |
Description: | 147 p. : illustrations ; 18 cm |
Contents: | 1. Definitions of Enlightenment ; 2. Pre-Enlightenment ; 3. Enlightenment ideas ; 4. Enlightening society ; 5. The politics of Enlightenment ; 6. The legacy of Enlightenment ; Further Reading ; Index |
Series Title: | Very short introductions, 443. |
Responsibility: | John Robertson. |
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For all its concision, [this book] manages to be both wide-ranging and rigorious. In five compressed yet elegant chapters it summarizes the current state of research while also adding a series of important insights. * Times Literary Supplement * the book does exactly what it says it will do * Chris Pierson, Political Studies Review * This intelligently written and informative book is more than simply a "a very short introduction". John Robertson's book provides, although concisely, a thorough and original interpretation of the Enlightenment as both a historical phenomenon and a philosophical idea. * H-Albion * Read more...

