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The enlightenment : an idea and its history /

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In this monumental study of the Enlightenment in England, Scotland, France, Germany and the United States from c. 1650 to the present, J.C.D. Clark shows that the Enlightenment was not a thing, but rather a historiographical concept.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, J. C. D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2024].
Subjects:
Enlightenment.
Enlightenment > Historiography.
Philosophy, Modern > 18th century.
Civilization, Western > 18th century.
Description
Summary:In this monumental study of the Enlightenment in England, Scotland, France, Germany and the United States from c. 1650 to the present, J.C.D. Clark shows that the Enlightenment was not a thing, but rather a historiographical concept.
Physical Description:xviii, 561 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-544) and index.
ISBN:9780198916284
0198916280