The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom

by Peter Gay

Overview

The second volume of Peter Gay's in-depth study of the dawn of the modern world—the Age of Reason.The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393313666
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/17/1996
Series:	Enlightenment Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	744
Sales rank:	337,777
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Peter Gay is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time. He lives in New York City.