The Enlightenment
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What is the Enlightenment? A period rich with debates on the nature of man, truth and the place of God, with the international circulation of ideas, people and gold. But did the Enlightenment mean the same for men and women, for rich and poor, for Europeans and non-Europeans? In this fourth edition of her acclaimed book, Dorinda Outram addresses these and other questions about the Enlightenment and its place at the foundation of modernity. Studied as a global phenomenon, Outram…
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Key features
- Provides a clear, updated overview which will appeal to students of philosophy as well as to historians
- Connects Enlightenment history with the broader social, political and intellectual history of the period
- This fourth edition is supported by a wide-ranging selection of documents online, plus a new chapter on political economy
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108341233
- Series New Approaches to European History (58)
- Subjects Area Studies,European History after 1450,European Studies,History,History of Ideas,Politics and International Relations
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 18 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781108424660
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.44kg
- Contains: 4 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 196 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 18 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781108440776
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.33kg
- Contains: 4 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 196 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 08 June 2019
- ISBN: 9781108341233
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