Democratic enlightenment : philosophy, revolution, and human rights 1750-1790

Democratic enlightenment : philosophy, revolution, and human rights 1750-1790 /

The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty, and freedom of expression and the press, form an interlocking system that derives directly from the Enlightenment's philosophical revolution. Th...

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Main Author: Israel, Jonathan, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
Subjects:
Enlightenment.
Democracy > History.
Philosophy, Modern > 18th century.
Intellectual life > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
Europe > History > 1648-1789.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Europe > Politics and government > 1648-1789.
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