Into Print: Limits and Legacies of the Enlightenment; Essays in Honor of Robert Darnton
(Part of the France and Culture Series and Penn State Series in the History of the Book Series)
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The famous clash between Edmund Burke and Tom Paine over the Enlightenment's "evil" or "liberating" potential in the French Revolution finds present-day parallels in the battle between those who see the Enlightenment at the origins of modernity's many ills, such as imperialism, racism, misogyny, and totalitarianism, and those who see it as having forged an age of democracy, human rights, and freedom. The essays collected by Charles Walton in Into...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0271050721
ISBN13:9780271050720
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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