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The roads to modernity : the British, French, and American enlightenments /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Himmelfarb, Gertrude
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Enlightenment > Great Britain.
Enlightenment > France.
Enlightenment > United States.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Intellectual life > History.
Philosophy, Modern > 18th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The British Enlightenment : the sociology of virtue. "Social affections" and religious dispositions ; Political economy and moral sentiments ; Edmund Burke's Enlightenment ; Radical dissenters ; Methodism : "a social religion" ; "The age of benevolence"
  • The French Enlightenment : the ideology of reason
  • The American Enlightenment : the politics of liberty
  • Epilogue.