The Enlightenment That Failed: Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830 by Israel, Jonathan I - 2020

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". ix, 1070pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Enlightenment that Failed explores the growing rift between those Enlightenment trends and initiatives that appealed exclusively to elites and those aspiring to enlighten all of society by raising mankind's awareness, freedoms, and educational level generally. Jonathan I. Israel explains why the democratic and radical secularizing tendency of the Western Enlightenment, after gaining some notable successes during the revolutionary era (1775-1820) in numerous countries, especially in Europe, North America, and Spanish America,… Read More

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