Revival: A History of Modern Culture: Volume II (1934) - The Enlightenment 1687 - 1776

The understanding of history can be advanced only by the combination or alternation, of analysis and synthesis. Detailed research and generalizing survey are not antiethical but complementary. For a long time, however, the specialist has reigned supreme in our schools. The need is now, surely, for a return to synoptic writing. The present work was undertaken to supply the need of a synthesis. It is a map of a large region, not a geological chart of a square mile or the plan of a single city. Its value, if any, lies in its view of the interrelations of large tracts of social and intellectual life, not in the intensive investigation of narrow fields.

List of contents

1. The background and the Character of the Enlightenment 2. Newtonian Science 3. Linnean Science 4. The Place of Science in Eighteenth-Century Thought 5. Philosophy 6. Political and Economic Theory 7. Historiography 8. The Modern Prose Style 9. Poetry and Drama 10. The Propaganda of the Enlightenment 11. Education 12. Religious Reaction and Revival 13. Deism and Skepticism 14. The Decline of Superstition and Persecution 15. Art and Music Bibliography Index

About the author

Preserved Smith

Summary

The understanding of history can be advanced only by the combination or alternation, of analysis and synthesis. Detailed research and generalizing survey are not antiethical but complementary. For a long time, however, the specialist has reigned supreme in our schools.

Product details

• Authors: Preserved Smith, Smith Preserved
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138563360
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56336-0
• No. of pages: 712
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, Social & cultural history, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700