Author

Publication

2010 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • ISBN-139780226184494
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010007668
  • OCLC Control Number531718894
  • Better World Books9780226184470
  • Better World Books9780226184494
  • Open LibraryOL24081095M

Classifications

  • DDC944/.034
  • LCCB802 .E34 2010
  • LCCB802.E34 2010

Description

In this concise, bold, and innovative book, Dan Edelstein offers us an original account of the Enlightenment. It convincingly argues that the Enlightenment is above all a narrative about social and cultural changes and that its origins can be found in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. Therefore, by reconsidering the importance of the French esprit philosophique in the Euroean Enlightenment, this book will be of considerable importance for every scholar and student interested in this period.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Enlightenment: a genealogyUniversity of Chicago Press2010-01-01

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