In this concise and powerful book, one of the world's leading
historians of the Enlightenment provides a bracing and clarifying
new interpretation of this watershed period. Arguing that
philosophical and historical interpretations of the era have long
been hopelessly confused, Vincenzo Ferrone makes the case that it
is only by separating these views and taking an approach grounded
in social and cultural history that we can begin to grasp what the
Enlightenment was--and why it is still relevant today. Ferrone
explains why the Enlightenment was a profound and wide-ranging
cultural revolution that reshaped Western identity, reformed
politics through the invention of human rights, and redefined
knowledge by creating a critical culture. These new ways of
thinking gave birth to new values that spread throughout society
and changed how everyday life was lived and understood. Featuring
an illuminating afterword describing how his argument challenges
the work of Anglophone interpreters including Jonathan Israel, The
Enlightenment provides a fascinating reevaluation of the true
nature and legacy of one of the most important and contested
periods in Western history. The translation of this work has been
funded by SEPS--Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni
Scientifiche.
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