Panorama of the Enlightenment
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Limited
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780500251317
Subjects: Enlightenment; Europe, intellectual life
Description: "In this book, the Enlightenment derives its special appeal as the historical staging ground for an intellectual ferment across Europe and America. Dorinda Outram places ideas in their widest possible context, expounding upon their social, political, and cultural implications and how they condition society's conduct in a variety of ways. She looks at what "Enlightenment" meant to contemporaries, how it affected day-to-day life - for instance, by the spread of reading, the open discussion of religion and the relationship between the sexes, self-knowledge and introspection, scientific research, and advances in medicine."--BOOK JACKET.