A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
Israel, Jonathan
A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy text Jonathan Israel - Princeton Princeton University Press 2010 - 276p Hbk
Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion.
9780691142005
2009011137
Political science - Europe - History - 18th century
Democracy - History - 18th century
Enlightenment
321.8 ISR
A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy text Jonathan Israel - Princeton Princeton University Press 2010 - 276p Hbk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion.
9780691142005
2009011137
Political science - Europe - History - 18th century
Democracy - History - 18th century
Enlightenment
321.8 ISR