Blamed for the bloody disasters of the 20th century: Auschwitz, the Gulags, globalisation, Islamic terrorism; heralded as the harbinger of reason, equality, and the end of arbitrary rule, the Enlightenment has been nothing if not divisive. To this day historians disagree over when it was, where it was, and what it was (and sometimes, still is). Kieron O'Hara deftly traverses these conflicts, presenting the history, politics, science, religion, arts, and social life of the Enlightenment not as a simple set of easily enumerated ideas, but an evolving conglomerate that spawned a very diverse set of thinkers, from the radical Rousseau to the conservative Burke.
- ISBN10 1322488371
- ISBN13 9781322488370
- Publish Date 17 December 2014 (first published 1 February 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ONEWorld Publications
- Format eBook
- Language English