A revolution of the mind
Subtitle: Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy
By: Jonathan Israel.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691142005
Subjects: Political science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Enlightenment; Democracy -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Progress and the enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world; title: Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift; title: The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics; title: The enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace"; title: Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict; title: Voltaire versus spinoza : the enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems; title: Conclusion.