The Enlightenment : and why it still matters /

The Enlightenment : and why it still matters /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pagden, Anthony.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Random House, [2013] ©2013
Description:	xx, 501 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Enlightenment. Enlightenment.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9132127

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ISBN:	9781400060689 (alk. paper) 1400060680 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-480) and index.
Summary:	An assessment of the Enlightenment period as an influential intellectual movement reveals how it laid the foundation of today's government, philosophy, science and society, noting the pivotal contributions of scholars ranging from Hume and Diderot to Voltaire and Rousseau.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: What Is Enlightenment?
1. All Coherence Gone
2. Bringing Pity Back In
3. The Fatherless World
4. The Science of Man
5. Discovering Man in Nature
6. The Defense of Civilization
7. The Great Society of Mankind
8. The Vast Commonwealth of Nature
Conclusion: Enlightenment and Its Enemies
Notes
Bibliography
Index