02375cam a2200433 a 4500 15659359 BJBSDDR 20241112101656.0 ta 090313s2010 nju b 001 0 eng 2009011137 GBA9A4078 bnb 015402529 Uk 9780691152608 0691152608 (OCoLC)ocn317068082 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA UKM CDX SBM XFH DLC eng eng e------ JA 84 I85r 2010 321.8 Israel, Jonathan Irvine, 1946- 39392 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. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Political science Europe History 18th century. Ciencia política Historia Europa Siglo XVIII 11576 Enlightenment. Ilustración 15957 Democracy History 18th century. Democracia Historia Siglo XVIII 627 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK dpf 122409 122409 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2024-11-06 0 JA 84 I85r 2010 00000186806 2024-11-06 00:00:00 1 2024-11-06 BK