The Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction explores the history of the 18th-century Enlightenment movement. Considering its intellectual commitments, Robertson then turns to their impact on society, and the ways in which Enlightenment thinkers sought to further the goal of human betterment, by promoting economic improvement and civil and political justice.

• | By (Author): John (Professor Of The History Of Political Thought, University Of Cambridge) Robertson
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 24, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199591784
• | ISBN-13: 9780199591787