The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... answer to this question , and the conflations that have allowed partial responses have also stimulated never- ending charges and countercharges of conspiracy and betrayal . Nor are these responses surprising . Enlightenment thought ...
... answer to this question , and the conflations that have allowed partial responses have also stimulated never- ending charges and countercharges of conspiracy and betrayal . Nor are these responses surprising . Enlightenment thought ...
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... answer as a description of contemporary life . That answer , perhaps in consequence , mixes negative experience with hope for change . " Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self - incurred immaturity . ” Kant thinks of it as ...
... answer as a description of contemporary life . That answer , perhaps in consequence , mixes negative experience with hope for change . " Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self - incurred immaturity . ” Kant thinks of it as ...
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... answer that Enlightenment norms encourage . On the other hand , the same answer increases every sense of historical ur- gency : the greater the presumed discrepancy between European and Ameri- can peoples , the more immediate the peril ...
... answer that Enlightenment norms encourage . On the other hand , the same answer increases every sense of historical ur- gency : the greater the presumed discrepancy between European and Ameri- can peoples , the more immediate the peril ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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