The Enlightenment tradition /
Historians use the term "enlightenment" as both a noun and an adjective. Used as a noun, the term designates a period of exceptionally consistent cultural creativity that lasted from the English Revolution of 1688 to the French Revolution of 1789. When used as an adjective, however, as in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1979
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Edición: | First California edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Historians use the term "enlightenment" as both a noun and an adjective. Used as a noun, the term designates a period of exceptionally consistent cultural creativity that lasted from the English Revolution of 1688 to the French Revolution of 1789. When used as an adjective, however, as in the "enlightenment tradition," the term denotes a specific attitude of mind that gradually gained ascendancy among European intellectuals during that period. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 167 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520341289 0520341287 |