Enlightenment and Emancipation |
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| Editor:
| Manning, Susan
France, Peter |
| Contribution by:
| Bullard, Paddy
Goodden, Angelica
Jones, Catherine
McFarlane, Anthony
Pittock, Murray
Rendall, Jane
Renwick, John
Reynolds, Siân
Ridley, Glynis
Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen
Williams, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61148-232-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $101.00 |
Book Description:
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This collection of essays by distinguished scholars from various disciplines addresses the central question: 'Was Enlightenment a force for emancipation?' Their responses, working from within, and frequently across the disciplinary lines of history, political science, economics, music, literature, aesthetics, art history, and film, reveal unsuspected connections and divergences even between well-known figures and texts. In their turn, the essays suggest the need for further inquiry in...
More DescriptionThis collection of essays by distinguished scholars from various disciplines addresses the central question: 'Was Enlightenment a force for emancipation?' Their responses, working from within, and frequently across the disciplinary lines of history, political science, economics, music, literature, aesthetics, art history, and film, reveal unsuspected connections and divergences even between well-known figures and texts. In their turn, the essays suggest the need for further inquiry in areas that turn out to be very far from closed. The volume considers major writings in unusual juxtaposition; highlights new figures of importance; and demonstrates familiar texts to embody strange implications.