The Resource A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy, Jonathan Israel
A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy, Jonathan Israel
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- Summary
- Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality--these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. But if these ideals no longer seem radical today, their origin was very radical indeed--far more so than most historians have been willing to recognize. In A Revolution of the Mind, Jonathan Israel, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment, traces the philosophical roots of these ideas to what we
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781400831609
- Label
- A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
- Title
- A revolution of the mind
- Title remainder
- Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Israel
- Subject
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- Aufklärung
- Aufklärung
- Democracy
- Democracy -- History -- 18th century
- Demokratie
- Demokratie
- Electronic books
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment
- Europa
- Europe
- Geistesgeschichte 1680-1790
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Democracy
- Political science
- Political science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
- Politische Wissenschaft
- Politische Wissenschaft
- 1700-1799
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality--these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. But if these ideals no longer seem radical today, their origin was very radical indeed--far more so than most historians have been willing to recognize. In A Revolution of the Mind, Jonathan Israel, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment, traces the philosophical roots of these ideas to what we
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- 1946-
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- Israel, Jonathan
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- bibliography
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- Political science
- Enlightenment
- Democracy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Democracy
- Enlightenment
- Political science
- Europe
- Aufklärung
- Demokratie
- Politische Wissenschaft
- Europa
- Label
- A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy, Jonathan Israel
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- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 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
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages)
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- 9781400831609
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- remote
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- (OCoLC)659558272
- Label
- A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy, Jonathan Israel
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
- 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
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- ocn659558272
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages)
- File format
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- online
- Isbn
- 9781400831609
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- c
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- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- not applicable
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- (OCoLC)659558272
Subject
- Aufklärung
- Aufklärung
- Democracy
- Democracy -- History -- 18th century
- Demokratie
- Demokratie
- Electronic books
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment
- Europa
- Europe
- Geistesgeschichte 1680-1790
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Democracy
- Political science
- Political science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
- Politische Wissenschaft
- Politische Wissenschaft
- 1700-1799
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