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The Enlightenment
Norman Hampson
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Description for The Enlightenment
Paperback. In this book, Norman Hampson follows through certain dominant themes in the Enlightenment, and describes the contemporary social and political climate, in which ideas could travel from the salons of Paris to the court of Catherine the Great - but less easily from a master to his servant. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and yellowing
Armed with the insights of the scientific revolution, the men of the Enlightenment set out to free mankind from its age-old cocoon of pessimism and superstition and establish a more reasonable world of experiment and progress. Yet by the 1760s, this optimism about man and society had almost evaporated. In the works of Rousseau, Kant and Goethe, there was discernible a new inner voice, and an awareness of individual uniqueness which had eluded their more self-confident predecessors. The stage was set for the revolutionary crisis and the rise of Romanticism. In this book, Norman Hampson follows through certain dominant themes ... Read more
Armed with the insights of the scientific revolution, the men of the Enlightenment set out to free mankind from its age-old cocoon of pessimism and superstition and establish a more reasonable world of experiment and progress. Yet by the 1760s, this optimism about man and society had almost evaporated. In the works of Rousseau, Kant and Goethe, there was discernible a new inner voice, and an awareness of individual uniqueness which had eluded their more self-confident predecessors. The stage was set for the revolutionary crisis and the rise of Romanticism. In this book, Norman Hampson follows through certain dominant themes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140137453
SKU
KOG0007778
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Ref
99-1
About Norman Hampson
Norman Hampson was Professor of History at the University of York.
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