{"product_id":"the-portable-enlightenment-reader-paperback","title":"The Portable Enlightenment Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVarious\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era, with more than 100 selections from a range of sources. It includes examples by Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social, and economic institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Age of Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an exultant intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire capitalism. This volume brings together the era's classic works, with more than a hundred selections from a broad range of sources - including works by Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine - that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social, and economic institutions. Included are seminal discourses on science and religion, on the social contract, on the equality (and inequality) of the sexes and the races, and on economics and markets, as well as homages to nature and sexual pleasure, and poetry and opera librettos that embody the movement's social ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1938 and educated at Harvard University, where he received a B.A. degree in 1959 and a Ph.D. in 1965, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He has taught at Harvard, Brandeis, Yale and Cornell, where he is now Professor of Government. He is married to Miriam Brody Kramnick and lives in Ithaca, New York. Among his publications are \u003cb\u003eBolingbroke and His Circle\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Rage of Edmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e and numerous articles on eighteenth century topics. He has edited William Godwin's \u003cb\u003eEnquiry Concerning Political Justice\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/b\u003e by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and, with Michael Foot, \u003cb\u003eThe Thomas Paine Reader\u003c\/b\u003e for the Penguin Classics. Most recently he is the author, with Barry Sheerman, MP, of \u003cb\u003eLaski: A Lift on the Left\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753696526624,"sku":"9780140245660","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec4b0240059f27c74b5a1b7ac472e2de.webp?v=1780025733","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-portable-enlightenment-reader-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}