Screen LibraryThe Cambridge companion to the French enlightenment /
"The Enlightenment has long been seen as synonymous with the beginnings of modern Western intellectual and political culture. As a set of ideas and a social movement, this historical moment, the 'age of reason' of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, is marked by attempts to place...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The Enlightenment has long been seen as synonymous with the beginnings of modern Western intellectual and political culture. As a set of ideas and a social movement, this historical moment, the 'age of reason' of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, is marked by attempts to place knowledge on new foundations. The Cambridge Companion to the French Enlightenment brings together essays by leading scholars representing disciplines ranging from philosophy, religion and literature, to art, medicine, anthropology and architecture, to analyse the French Enlightenment. Each essay presents a conci |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 244 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107021488 (hardback : alk. paper) : 1107021480 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107626140 (papberback : alk. paper) 1107626145 (papberback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B1925 |
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K565.4 D756.59 |
| Call Number: | D756.59/C178 |