TY - BOOK AU - Israel, Jonathan TI - A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy SN - 9780691142005 U1 - 321.8 ISR PY - 2010/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Political science - Europe - History - 18th century KW - Democracy - History - 18th century KW - Enlightenment N1 -

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 ER -