{"product_id":"enlightenment-contested-philosophy-modernity-and-the-emancipation-of-man-1670-1752-paperback","title":"Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan I. Israel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Israel presents the first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation. Continuing the story he began in the best-selling \u003cem\u003eRadical Enlightenment\u003c\/em\u003e, and now focusing his attention on the first half of the eighteenth century, he returns to the original sources to offer a groundbreaking new perspective on the nature and development of the most important currents in modern thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsrael traces many of the core principles of Western modernity to their roots in the social, political, and philosophical ferment of this period: the primacy of reason, democracy, racial equality, feminism, religious toleration, sexual emancipation, and freedom of expression. He emphasizes the dual character of the Enlightenment, and the bitter struggle between on the one hand a generally dominant, anti-democratic mainstream, supporting the monarchy, aristocracy, and ecclesiastical authority, and on the other a largely repressed democratic, republican, and \"materialist\" radical fringe. He also contends that the supposedly separate French, British, German, Dutch, and Italian enlightenments interacted to such a degree that their study in isolation gives a hopelessly distorted picture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA work of dazzling and highly accessible scholarship, \u003cem\u003eEnlightenment Contested\u003c\/em\u003e will be the definitive reference point for historians, philosophers, and anyone engaged with this fascinating period of human development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Israel \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Modern European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44276222689382,"sku":"9780199541522","price":163.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/K3d6VU5leDdlL1dwL1o5VDdpZFVXQT09.webp?v=1766426562","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/enlightenment-contested-philosophy-modernity-and-the-emancipation-of-man-1670-1752-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}