Israel, Jonathan I. 1946-
A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy / Jonathan Israel. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xiv, 276 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion.
9780691142005 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691142009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009011137
GBA9A4078 bnb
015402529 Uk
Political science--History--Europe--18th century.
Enlightenment.
Democracy--History--18th century.
JA84.E9 / I87 2010
321.8
A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy / Jonathan Israel. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xiv, 276 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion.
9780691142005 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691142009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009011137
GBA9A4078 bnb
015402529 Uk
Political science--History--Europe--18th century.
Enlightenment.
Democracy--History--18th century.
JA84.E9 / I87 2010
321.8