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Science, Philosophy and Religion in the Age of the Enlightenment - British and Global Contexts (Hardcover, New Ed) Loot Price: R3,551
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Science, Philosophy and Religion in the Age of the Enlightenment - British and Global Contexts (Hardcover, New Ed): John...

Science, Philosophy and Religion in the Age of the Enlightenment - British and Global Contexts (Hardcover, New Ed)

John Gascoigne

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

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Taking as its focus the wide-ranging character of the Enlightenment, both in geographical and intellectual terms, this second collection of articles by John Gascoigne explores this movement's filiation and influence in a range of contexts. In contrast to some recently influential views it emphasises the evolutionary rather than the revolutionary character of the Enlightenment and its ability to change society by adaptation rather than demolition. This it does by reference, firstly, to developments in Britain tracing the changing views of history in relation to the Biblical account, the ideological uses of science (and particularly the work of Newton) and their connections to developments in moral philosophy and the teaching of science and philosophy in response to Enlightenment modes of thought. The collection then turns to the wider global setting of the Enlightenment and the way in which that movement served to provide a justification for European exploration and expansion, developments which found one of their most potent embodiments in the diverse uses of mapping. The collection concludes with an exploration of the interplay between the experience of Pacific contact and the currents of thought which characterised the Enlightenment in Germany.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Release date: May 2010
First published: 2010
Authors: John Gascoigne
Dimensions: 224 x 150mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-0058-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
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 > History of religion
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
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LSN: 1-4094-0058-1
Barcode: 9781409400585

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