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The Idea of Enlightenment
A Postmortem Study
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English
Published/Copyright:
2001
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An exploration of the roots of the contemporary dissatisfaction with the modern Enlightenment. The author argues that the heralded "death of God" has been rapidly followed by the death of reason.
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Bartlett Robert :
Robert C. Bartlett is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Thomas Pangle, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto:
'A product of deep and sure erudition, manifesting an impressive command of the major philosophic figures... The presentation keeps one thinking but in a way that is seductive and that keeps one turning the page to see what comes next.'
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Contents
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Preface
ix - PART ONE. The Collapse of the Modern Enlightenment
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Chapter 1. The Contemporary Consensus
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Chapter 2. The Project of Enlightenment and the Foundation of Modern Political Rationalism: Notes on Bayle and Montesquieu
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Chapter 3. On the Possibility of a Return to Premodern Rationalism: Alasdair MacIntyre and Leo Strauss
45 - PART TWO. An Introduction to the Ancient Enlightenment
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Chapter 4. Politics and the Divine in the Ancient Community: On Thucydides’ War of the Peloponnesians and Athenians
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Chapter 5. The Original Understanding of Enlightenment: On the ‘Cave’ in Plato’s Republic
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Chapter 6. The Limits of Enlightenment: Aristotle’s Politics
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Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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Index
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January 10, 2001
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9781442675957
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
