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The World We Want: How and Why The Ideals of the Enlightenment Still Elude Us

By Louden , Robert

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2010
ISBN
9780199743537, 9780199755714, 019975571X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2017900 bytes)
Pages
339 pages\339
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The World We Want compares the future world that Enlightenment intellectuals had hoped for with our own world at present. In what respects do the two worlds differ, and why are they so different? To what extent is and isn't our world the world they wanted, and to what extent do we today still want their world? Unlike previous philosophical critiques and defenses of the Enlightenment, the present study focuses extensively on the relevant historical and empirical record first, by examining carefully what kind of future Enlightenment intellectuals actually hoped for; second, by tracking the diffe.;Contents; Note on Citations and Translations; Introduction; PART I: THEN; PART II: NOW; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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