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.
| ISBN | 1851687092 | | Pages | 208 | | ISBN13 | 9781851687091
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 295 | | Publisher | Oneworld Publications | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Oneworld Publications | | Series title | Beginner's Guides | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 01 Feb 2010 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 940.25 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| 1 | | Introduction: aspects of Enlightenment | | 1 |
| 2 | | The genesis and progress of the Enlightenment | | 23 |
| 3 | | Enlightenments? | | 28 |
| 4 | | Glimmers of Enlightenment | | 41 |
| 5 | | Philosophy | | 48 |
| 6 | | Political theory and the road to revolution | | 66 |
| 7 | | Nature, reason and science | | 115 |
| 8 | | Religion in the age of reason | | 136 |
| 9 | | The arts | | 151 |
| 10 | | The Enlightenment's legacy | | 179 |
| | | Conclusions: the Enlightenment today | | 210 |
| | | Notes | | 213 |
| | | Brief biographies of some figures mentioned in this guide | | 232 |
| | | Further resources | | 240 |
| | | Index | | 252 |
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