The Enlightenment: History of an Idea - Updated Edition

by Vincenzo Ferrone

Book Overview

A compelling reevaluation of the Enlightenment from one of its leading historians

In this concise and powerful book, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment provides a bracing and clarifying new interpretation of this watershed period. Arguing that philosophical and historical interpretations of the era have long been hopelessly confused, Vincenzo Ferrone makes the case that it is only by separating these views...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691161453
• ISBN13: 9780691161457
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"