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Enemies of the Enlightenment
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Pages: 277
Authors: Darrin M. McMahon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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"Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Darrin M. McMahon shows that well before the French Revolution, enemies of the Enlightenment were warning that the
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Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Darrin M. McMahon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-07-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Critics have long treated the most important intellectual movement of modern history--the Enlightenment--as if it took shape in the absence of opposition. In th
The Business of Enlightenment
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Authors: Robert DARNTON
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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A great book about an even greater book is a rare event in publishing. Darnton's history of the Encyclopedie is such an occasion. The author explores some fasci
Enlightenment Now
Language: en
Pages: 578
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-13 - Publisher: Penguin

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR "My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gate
The Enlightenment
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: John Robertson
Categories: Electronic books
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This introduction explores the history of the 18th-century Enlightenment movement. Considering its intellectual commitments, Robertson then turns to their impac