"Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights, 1750 -- 1790" is the final volume of a massive trilogy of intellectual history discussing the nature and impact of the ... Read More
Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750
The Enlightenment is the foundational source of Modernity, from capitalism (replacing feudalism) to individual freedoms (replacing patriarchy), as this book makes clear. It can be summed in two words ... Read More