Democratic Enlightenment
Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790
Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790
Jonathan Israel's radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights forgotten currents and figures. Running counter to mainstream thinking, he demonstrates how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires provided the intellectual powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how their ideas connect with modern Western democracy.
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