The Enlightenment and the fate of knowledge: essays on the transvaluation of values

"The Enlightenment is generally painted as a movement of ideas and society lasting from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, but this book argues that the Enlightenment is an essential component of modernity itself and in fact can be seen to have lasted from the late sixteenth...

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Main Author: Davies, Martin L. 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge [2020]
Series:Routledge approaches to history
Routledge approaches to history 34
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Online Access:KUBA3
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Summary:"The Enlightenment is generally painted as a movement of ideas and society lasting from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, but this book argues that the Enlightenment is an essential component of modernity itself and in fact can be seen to have lasted from the late sixteenth century to the present day. In the course of the study, Martin Davies offers an original world-view and a critique of some recent interpretations of the Enlightenment"--
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 208 pages.)
ISBN:9780429023774
0429023774

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