The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader
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Book Description
By the end of the eighteenth century a distinctly modern vision of life was emerging. The revolutions in America and France revealed new beliefs about human nature; rights and duties; the natural and material worlds; and a new faith in science, technology and the idea of progress. As people began to change the way they thought about themselves and the world around them, a whole new way of thinking developed, which still has an overwhelming impact two centuries on.
The Enlightenment Reader brings together the work of major Enlightenment thinkers to illustrate the full importance and achievements of this period in history. Extracts are gathered thematically into sections on such aspects of the Enlightenment as political theory, religion and belief, art and nature. In each section, the texts are introduced and a final section on 'Critical Reflections' provides a selection of modern critical opinions on the period.
Containing illustrations from the work of artists such as Hogarth and Chardin,a chronology of the Enlightenment, and a detailed bibliography, The Enlightenment Reader is a rich source information and inspiration for all those studying this great period of change.
About the Author
Paul Hyland is Head of the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University College. He is a specialist in eighteenth-century studies and has taught and published widely in literary, historical and cultural studies. In 2000 he became the first British historian to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship.
Olga Gomez is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Lancaster University
Francesca Greensides is a part-time Lecturer in Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University College.
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