Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790 by

Description: Democratic Enlightenment by Jonathan Israel Jonathan Israels radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights forgotten currents and figures. Running counter to mainstream thinking, he demonstrates how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires provided the intellectual powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how their ideas connect with modern Western democracy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty, and freedom of expression and the press, form an interlocking system that derives directly from the Enlightenments philosophical revolution. This fact is uncontested - yet remarkably few historians or philosophers have attempted to trace the process of ideas from the political and social turmoil of the lateeighteenth century to the present day. This is precisely what Jonathan Israel now does. He demonstrates that the Enlightenment was an essentially revolutionary process, driven byphilosophical debate. From 1789, its impetus came from a small group of philosophe-revolutionnaires, men such as Mirabeau, Sieyes, Condorcet, Volney, Roederer, and Brissot. Not aligned to any of the social groups who took the lead in the French National assembly, the Paris commune, or the editing of the Parisian revolutionary journals, they nonetheless forged la philosophie moderne -- in effect Radical Enlightenment ideas -- into a world-transforming ideology that had alasting impact in Latin America and eastern Europe as well as France, Italy, Germany, and the Low Countries. Whilst all French revolutionary journals clearly stated that la philosophie moderne was themain cause of the French Revolution, the main stream of historical thought has failed to grasp what this implies. Israel sets the record straight, demonstrating the true nature of the engine that drove the Revolution, and the intimate links between the radical wing of the Enlightenment and the anti-Robespierriste Revolution of reason. Notes Completes Israels defining and revisionist trilogy on the Enlightenment, and demonstrates the vital connections between it and the French Revolution. Author Biography Jonathan Israel taught successively at the universities of Newcastle, Hull, and at University College London from 1970 to 2000. Since 2001 he has been Professor of Modern history at the Institute for Advance Study, Princeton. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and corresponding fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. His previous books include The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness and Fall, 1477-1806 (1995); The RadicalEnlightenment (2001) and Enlightenment Contested (2006). Table of Contents 1: IntroductionPart 1: The Radical Challenge2: Nature and Providence: Earthquakes and the Human Condition3: The Encyclopédie Suppressed (1752-60)4: Rousseau against the Philosophes5: Voltaire, Enlightenment, and the European Courts6: Anti-Philosophes7: Central Europe: Aufklärung dividedPart II: Rationalizing the Ancien Régime8: Hume, Scepticism, and Moderation9: Scottish Enlightenment and Mans Progress10: Enlightened Despotism11: Aufklärung and the Fracturing of German Protestant Culture12: Catholic Enlightenment: the Papacys Retreat13: Society and the Rise of the Italian revolutionary Enlightenment14: Spain and the Challenge of ReformPart III: Europe and the Re-Making of the World15: The Histoire Philosophique, or Colonialism Overturned16: The American Revolution17: Europe and the Amerindians18: Philosophy and Revolt in Ibero-America (1765-92)19: Commercial Despotism: Dutch Colonialism in Asia20: China, Japan, and the West21: India and the Two Enlightenments22: Russias Greeks, Poles, and SerfsPart IV: Spinoza Controversies in the Later Enlightenment23: Rousseau, Spinoza and the General Will24: Radical Break-Through25: The Pantheismusstreit (1780-87)26: Kant and the Radical Challenge27: Goethe, Schiller and the new "Dutch Revolt against Spain"Part V: Revolution28: 1788-9: the "General Revolution" begins29: The Diffusion30: Philosophy as the Maker of Revolutions31: Aufklärung and the Secret Societies (1776-92)32: Small State Revolution in the 1780s33: The Dutch Democratic Revolution of the 1780s34: The French Revolution: from Philosophy to Basic Human Rights (1788-90)35: Epilogue: 1789 as an Intellectual Revolution Review `Review from previous edition Israel has turned up evidence of the Radical Enlightenments influence in surprising places, and that labor alone should ensure that this book finds a place on every specialists shelf.New York Times Book Review`a brave and ambitious historian...Israel has found a way of dramatising the debates and attitudes which eventually lay the foundations for something we can call modernity.BBC History Magazine`Israelâs industry and immense erudition are admirable. He cites or refers to thousands of original sources in many languages and stemming from various cultural heritages, many of them hitherto unknown to or seldom used by scholars of the Enlightenment.Joseph Mali, The European Legacy Promotional The final volume in an acclaimed trilogy, showing how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires became the intellectual powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how their ideas still connect with modern Western democracy Long Description The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty, and freedom of expression and the press, form an interlocking system that derives directly from the Enlightenments philosophical revolution. This fact is uncontested - yet remarkably few historians or philosophers have attempted to trace the process of ideas from the political and social turmoil of the lateeighteenth century to the present day. This is precisely what Jonathan Israel now does. He demonstrates that the Enlightenment was an essentially revolutionary process, driven by philosophical debate. From 1789, its impetus came from a small group of philosophe-revolutionnaires, men suchas Mirabeau, Sieyes, Condorcet, Volney, Roederer, and Brissot. Not aligned to any of the social groups who took the lead in the French National assembly, the Paris commune, or the editing of the Parisian revolutionary journals, they nonetheless forged la philosophie moderne -- in effect Radical Enlightenment ideas -- into a world-transforming ideology that had a lasting impact in Latin America and eastern Europe as well as France, Italy, Germany, and the Low Countries.Whilst all French revolutionary journals clearly stated that la philosophie moderne was the main cause of the French Revolution, the main stream of historical thought has failed to grasp what this implies. Israel sets the record straight, demonstrating the true nature of the engine that drove theRevolution, and the intimate links between the radical wing of the Enlightenment and the anti-Robespierriste Revolution of reason. Review Text `Review from previous edition Israel has turned up evidence of the Radical Enlightenments influence in surprising places, and that labor alone should ensure that this book finds a place on every specialists shelf.New York Times Book Review`a brave and ambitious historian...Israel has found a way of dramatising the debates and attitudes which eventually lay the foundations for something we can call modernity.BBC History Magazine`Israelâs industry and immense erudition are admirable. He cites or refers to thousands of original sources in many languages and stemming from various cultural heritages, many of them hitherto unknown to or seldom used by scholars of the Enlightenment.Joseph Mali, The European Legacy Review Quote Review from previous edition: "Israel has turned up evidence of the Radical Enlightenments influence in surprising places, and that labor alone should ensure that this book finds a place on every specialists shelf." --New York Times Book Review 25/12/2011 Feature Completes Israels defining and revisionist trilogy on the EnlightenmentPresents a comprehensive account of the late Enlightenment, including many previously ignored writers and aspectsDemonstrates the vital connections between Enlightenment and the French RevolutionTraces out the trajectory from the radical Enlightenment to modern democratic valuesIncludes an exceptionally detailed index facilitating cross-referencing and identification of writers and thinkers New Feature 1. Introduction Part 1: The Radical Challenge 2. Nature and Providence: Earthquakes and the Human Condition 3. The Encyclopedie Suppressed (1752-60) 4. Rousseau against the Philosophes 5. Voltaire, Enlightenment, and the European Courts 6. Anti-Philosophes 7. Central Europe: Aufklarung divided Part II: Rationalizing the Ancien Regime 8. Hume, Scepticism, and Moderation 9. Scottish Enlightenment and Mans Progress 10. Enlightened Despotism 11. Aufklarung and the Fracturing of German Protestant Culture 12. Catholic Enlightenment: the Papacys Retreat 13. Society and the Rise of the Italian revolutionary Enlightenment 14. Spain and the Challenge of Reform Part III: Europe and the Re-Making of the World 15. The Histoire Philosophique, or Colonialism Overturned 16. The American Revolution 17. Europe and the Amerindians 18. Philosophy and Revolt in Ibero-America (1765-92) 19. Commercial Despotism: Dutch Colonialism in Asia 20. China, Japan, and the West 21. India and the Two Enlightenments 22. Russias Greeks, Poles, and Serfs Part IV: Spinoza Controversies in the Later Enlightenment 23. Rousseau, Spinoza and the General Will 24. Radical Break-Through 25. The Pantheismusstreit (1780-87) 26. Kant and the Radical Challenge 27. Goethe, Schiller and the new "Dutch Revolt against Spain" Part V: Revolution 28. 1788-9: the "General Revolution" begins 29. The Diffusion 30. Philosophy as the Maker of Revolutions 31. Aufklarung and the Secret Societies (1776-92) 32. Small State Revolution in the 1780s 33. The Dutch Democratic Revolution of the 1780s 34. The French Revolution: from Philosophy to Basic Human Rights (1788-90) 35. Epilogue: 1789 as an Intellectual Revolution Details ISBN0199668094 Author Jonathan Israel Short Title DEMOCRATIC ENLIGHTENMENT Language English ISBN-10 0199668094 ISBN-13 9780199668090 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-01-17 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation University of London DEWEY 940.253 UK Release Date 2013-01-17 NZ Release Date 2013-01-17 Illustrations 16 page plate section Pages 1104 Publisher Oxford University Press Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2013-01-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:48624502;

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