|
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy
|
Buy Now
The End of Enlightenment - Empire, Commerce, Crisis (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R779
Discovery Miles 7 790
You Save: R142
(15%)
|
|
|
The End of Enlightenment - Empire, Commerce, Crisis (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 9 - 17 working days
|
A landmark study of the Enlightenment from an eminent historian The
End of Enlightenment offers a radical re-evaluation of one of the
most important moments in human history. Tracing around the world
the changing perspectives of economists, philosophers, politicians
and polemicists, historian Richard Whatmore argues that, for
figures as diverse as David Hume, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith and Mary
Wollstonecraft, the Enlightenment was a profound failure. They had
strived to replace superstition with reason, fanaticism with
toleration, but witnessed instead terror and revolution,
corruption, gross commercial excess and the continued growth of
violent empire. Returning us to the tumultuous events and ideas of
the eighteenth century, and digging deep into the thought of the
men and women who defined their age, The End of Enlightenment is a
lucid exploration of disillusion and intellectual transformation, a
brilliant meditation on our continued assumptions about the past,
and a glimpse of the different ways our world might be structured.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
