Israel, Jonathan Irvine,   1946- <br/><br/>
A revolution of the mind :  Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy / 
Jonathan Israel. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  2010. 
 - xiv, 276 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of people, sexual and racial equality - these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights. This book deals with this topic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691152608 0691152608 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009011137 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA9A4078  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015402529  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science--History--Europe--18th century.<br/>Ciencia política --Historia--Europa --Siglo XVIII <br/>Enlightenment.<br/>Ilustración <br/>Democracy--History--18th century.<br/>Democracia--Historia--Siglo XVIII 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA 84  / I85r 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>321.8