The Secular Contract: The Politics of Enlightenment

by Alex Schulman

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This title examines the secularization of political theory during the European Enlightenment and the ramifications for current debates. "The Secular Contract" seeks to defend the European Enlightenment's secularization of political philosophy by promoting an understanding of Enlightenment secular liberalism and extending it to contemporary issues. The work proposes that the Enlightenment united the secularizing trends that occurred at the time across all areas of knowledge into a "secular contract" for modern politics. It argues that this was a normatively valuable enterprise whose aims and arguments need to be recovered today, especially in light of the challenges faced by the...Read more
  • ISBN10 1441106642
  • ISBN13 9781441106643
  • Publish Date 25 August 2011 (first published 23 June 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English