Enlightenment contested : philosophy, modernity, and the emancipation of man, 1670-1752 / Jonathan Israel.

By: Israel, Jonathan I. (Jonathan Irvine), 1946-

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TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xxiv, 983 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199279227 (alk. paper); 0199279225 (alk. paper)Subject(s): EnlightenmentDDC classification: 190.9/033 LOC classification: B802 | .I865 2006Online resources: Table of contents only

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Abbreviations of Library and Archive Locations; Other Abbreviations; PART I: INTRODUCTORY; 1. Early Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Modern Age; 1. Ancien Régime and Revolution; 2. Historians and the Writing of 'Intellectual History'; 3. L'Esprit philosophique; 2. Philosophy and the Making of Modernity; 1. Spinoza and Spinozism in the Radical Enlightenment; 2. Locke,Hume, and the Making of Modernity; PART II: THE CRISIS OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY; 3. Faith and Reason: Bayle versus the Rationaux; 1. Europe's Religious Crisis

Summary: The first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation. Continuing the story he began in Radical Enlightenment, Jonathan Israel now focuses on the first half of the eighteenth century. He traces to their roots the core principles of Western modernity: the primacy of reason, democracy, racial equality, feminism, religious toleration, sexual emancipation, and freedom of expression. - ;Jonathan Israel presents the first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation.

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Books / Monographs	Dominican University College Library / Collège Universitaire Dominicain Hours of operation: Monday - Thursday 8am - 8:30 pm; Friday 8am - 4pm \| Les heures d'ouverture : Lundi à jeudi de 8 h à 20 h 30; vendredi 8h - 16h Standard shelving location / Rayonnage standard	B 802 .I87 E54 2006 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available		87507-1001

Includes bibliographical references (p. [872]-953) and index.

The first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation. Continuing the story he began in Radical Enlightenment, Jonathan Israel now focuses on the first half of the eighteenth century. He traces to their roots the core principles of Western modernity: the primacy of reason, democracy, racial equality, feminism, religious toleration, sexual emancipation, and freedom of expression. - ;Jonathan Israel presents the first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation.

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