Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction - Robertson John
Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction - Robertson John A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers,…
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Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction - Robertson John
A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To others, it represents the elevation of one set of European values to the world, many of whose peoples have quite different values. To many it remains the inspiration of our commitments to the betterment of the human condition.
Discussing its intellectual achievements, he also explores how its supporters exploited new ways of communicating their ideas to a wider public, creating a new 'public sphere' But what is the relationship between the historical Enlightenment and the idea of 'Enlightenment', and can these two understandings be reconciled?In this Very Short Introduction, John Robertson offers a concise historical introduction to the Enlightenment as an intellectual movement of eighteenth-century Europe.