A revolution of the mind : radical enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
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...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Princeton [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press,
2010
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| Schlagworte: | Political science Enlightenment Democracy Aufklärung Radikalismus Anfang Demokratie Wert |
| Umfang: | XIV, 276 S. |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 276 S. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0691142009 9780691142005 9780691152608 0691152608 |