(Read and download) A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy
• Jonathan Israel •
| #560406 in Books | imusti | 2011-09-26 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.40 x.90 x5.40l,.80 | File Name: 0691152608 | 296 pages | Princeton University Press
||24 of 26 people found the following review helpful.| Intelligent Synopsis|By L. M. Plas|This is a short hand introduction to the state of mind of the European radical reformers of the late 18th century. Besides well known authors, ignored writings such as those of the Dutch politician Pieter Paulus are presented here. In this problem oriented form, in search of the essence of the radical mind, this type of introduction to 18th||"Spinoza's radicalism was certainly frightening in its time, and Israel has valuably if aggressively opened the question of its influence on the Enlightenment and the era of revolution."--Samuel Moyn, Nation
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Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality--these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. But if these ideals no longer seem radical today, their origin was very radical indeed--far more so than most historians have been willing to recognize. In A Revolution of the Mind [PDF.fy75] A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy Rating: 3.57 (469 Votes)
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