The Enlightenment Past: Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century French Thought

by Daniel Brewer

Book Overview

Over the last two hundred years the theories and ideals of the Enlightenment have come to be viewed as the foundation of modern Western political and intellectual culture. Particularly in France they have played a fundamental role in the development of national identity. In a series of richly contextualised readings Daniel Brewer examines the cultural construction of the Enlightenment in France from the eighteenth century to the present day. He examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521175291
• ISBN13: 9780521175296
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"