The Enlightenment. Vol.1 - The Rise of Modern Paganism

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.

About the author

Peter Gay, 1923 in Berlin geboren, emigrierte 1939, als Jude von Verfolgung bedroht, in die Vereinigten Staaten. Er war Professor für Geschichte an der Yale University in New Haven und ist derzeit Direktor des Center for Scholars and Writers an der New York Public Library. Er ist Ehrenmitglied der Amerikanischen Psychoanalytischen Gesellschaft und gilt als einer der besten Kenner der deutsch-jüdischen Kultur. 1999 erhielt er den Geschwister-Scholl-Preis.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Gay
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2011
• EAN: 9780393313024
• ISBN: 978-0-393-31302-4
• No. of pages: 590
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 462 g
• Series: Enlightenment an Interpretatio; Enlightenment an Interpretatio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599