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Gertrude Himmelfarb's elegant and wonderfully readable work, The Roads to Modernity, reclaims the Enlightenment from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have...
Aug 2, 2022 · English. xii, 284 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 ...
Aug 24, 2004 · The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about the human condition in the realms of politics, society, and religion–from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over concurrent movements in ...
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Aug 9, 2005 · The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment-an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over concurrent movements in England and America.
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- Gertrude Himmelfarb
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Gertrude Himmelfarb's elegant and wonderfully readable work, The Roads to Modernity, reclaims the Enlightenment from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over concurrent movements in England and in America.
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- Gertrude Himmelfarb
Prologue. In her opening paragraph, Himmelfarb claims that the Enlightenment has been hijacked—by uncritical admirers, postmodernist deniers, and especially the unscrupulous French!
The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment-an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over concurrent movements in England and America.
- Gertrude Himmelfarb
