The Enlightenment and the Origins of European Australia (Paperback, New ed)

This book surveys some of the key intellectual influences in the formation of Australian society by emphasising the impact of the Enlightenment with its commitment to rational enquiry and progress - attitudes which owed much to the successes of the Scientific Revolution. The first part of the book analyses the political and religious background of the period from the First Fleet (1788) to the mid nineteenth century. The second demonstrates the pervasiveness of ideas of improvement - a form of the idea of progress - originally derived from agriculture, but which were to shape attitudes to human nature in fields as diverse as education, penal discipline and race relations. Throughout, the book highlights the extent to which developments in Australia can be compared and contrasted with those in Britain and in the USA.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2002
Authors:	John Gascoigne
As told to:	Patricia Curthoys
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	248
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-61721-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-521-61721-9
Barcode:	9780521617215

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