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

by Jonathan I. Israel

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A leading historian reveals the radical origins of humanity's most cherished secular values Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality--these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. But if these ideals no longer seem radical today, their origin was very radical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691142009

ISBN13:9780691142005

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.07 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Democracy Europe History Humanities Ideologies & Doctrines Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy Political History Political Ideologies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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