Democratic Enlightenment
| Author | : Jonathan Israel |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 1083 |
| Release | : 2013-01-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199668090 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199668094 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (094 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Democratic Enlightenment by : Jonathan Israel
Download or read book Democratic Enlightenment written by Jonathan Israel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 1083 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Israel's radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights forgotten currents and figures. Running counter to mainstream thinking, he demonstrates how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires provided the intellectual powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how their ideas connect with modern Western democracy.
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