The Enlightenment: A Beginner's Guide

by Kieron O'Hara

Book Overview

Blamed for the bloody disasters of the 20th century: Auschwitz, the Gulags, globalisation, Islamic terrorism; heralded as the harbinger of reason, equality, and the end of arbitrary rule, the Enlightenment has been nothing if not divisive. To this day historians disagree over when it was, where it was, and what it was (and sometimes, still is). Kieron O'Hara deftly traverses these conflicts, presenting the history, politics, science, religion, arts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851687092
• ISBN13: 9781851687091
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.8"