The Enlightenment That Failed: Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830

by Jonathan I. Israel

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The Enlightenment that Failed explores the growing rift between those Enlightenment trends and initiatives that appealed exclusively to elites and those aspiring to enlighten all of society by raising mankind's awareness, freedoms, and educational level generally. Jonathan I. Israel explains why the democratic and radical secularizing tendency of the Western Enlightenment, after gaining some notable successes during the revolutionary era (1775-1820)...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198738404

ISBN13:9780198738404

Release Date:January 2020

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:1082 Pages

Weight:3.97 lbs.

Dimensions:2.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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