Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

The eighteenth-century Enlightenment marks the beginning of the modern age, when the scientific method and belief in reason and progress came to hold sway over the Western world.
In the twentieth century, however, the Enlightenment has often been judged harshly for its apparently simplistic optimism. Now a master historian goes back to the sources to give a fully rounded account of its true accomplishments.

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Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

The eighteenth-century Enlightenment marks the beginning of the modern age, when the scientific method and belief in reason and progress came to hold sway over the Western world.
In the twentieth century, however, the Enlightenment has often been judged harshly for its apparently simplistic optimism. Now a master historian goes back to the sources to give a fully rounded account of its true accomplishments.

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Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

by Peter Gay
Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

by Peter Gay

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Overview

The eighteenth-century Enlightenment marks the beginning of the modern age, when the scientific method and belief in reason and progress came to hold sway over the Western world.
In the twentieth century, however, the Enlightenment has often been judged harshly for its apparently simplistic optimism. Now a master historian goes back to the sources to give a fully rounded account of its true accomplishments.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393313024
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 07/28/1995
Pages: 555
Sales rank: 273,134
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(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.

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