The Secular City (Hardcover)

Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the Civitas Dei of St Augustine. The essays in this volume, all by distinguished eighteenth century specialists, illustrate the elaboration of that vision, both in the planning and depiction of actual cities and in the speculation on social justice to which Voltaire in particular devoted himself. Yet even in him, secularization is never total, and the persistence of a displaced religious, even messianic strain in the Enlightenment is also illustrated in a variety of writers, culminating in the contradictions of the French Revolution.

General

Imprint:	University Of Exeter Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	E. Freeman • T.D. Hemming • D. Meakin
Contributors:	David Adams • Lise Andries • Michel Baridon • Anne-Marie Chouillet • McCook • S. Davies • William Doyle
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	259
ISBN-13:	978-0-85989-416-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN:	0-85989-416-9
Barcode:	9780859894166

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