A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy - Hardcover

Jonathan Israel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691142009 ISBN 13: 9780691142005

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2009

Synopsis

During the revolutionary decades of the 1770s, 1780s, and 1790s, the Radical Enlightenment burst into the open, only to provoke a long and bitter backlash. In telling this fascinating history, this work reveals the origin of our most cherished values - and helps explain why in certain circles they are frequently disapproved of and attacked.

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Review:

This book succeeds beautifully. Written with confidence and concision, it lays out Jonathan Israel's central ideas about the Radical Enlightenment and its fundamental importance in shaping the values of democratic modernity. Those who already know his work will find a clear and bold statement of his principal arguments, as well as important elaborations and expansions. Those unfamiliar with his scholarship will get a masterful introduction to the work of one of the leading Enlightenment scholars in the world today.
(Darrin M. McMahon, Florida State University ) --Darrin M. McMahon, Florida State University

About the Author:

Jonathan Israel is professor of modern history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is in the process of finishing a monumental three-volume history of the Radical Enlightenment, the first two volumes of which, "Radical Enlightenment" and "Enlightenment Contested", have already been published.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0691142009
• ISBN 13: 9780691142005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296