A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
by
 
Israel, Jonathan I. (Jonathan Irvine), 1946-

Title
: 
A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy

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

ISBN
: 
9780691142005

Personal Author
: 
Israel, Jonathan I. (Jonathan Irvine), 1946-

Publication Information
: 
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Physical Description
: 
xiv, 276 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
: 
1. Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- 2. Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- 3. The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- 4. The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- 5. Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- 6. Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- 7. Conclusion.

Subject Term
: 
Political science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
 
Enlightenment.
 
Democracy -- History -- 18th century.


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