Enlightenment Volume 2
Published on 26. June 2013
720 pages
978-0-307-83145-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.
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PETER GAY was Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, at Yale University, author of thirty-two widely respected books, and winner of the National Book Award for his definitive work on the Enlightenment. He died in 2015.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Two Notes on Usage
- Abbreviations and Short Titles
- Contents
- Book Three: The Pursuit of Modernity
- Chapter One: The Recovery of Nerve
- 1. Prelude to Modernity: The Recovery of Nerve
- 2. Enlightenment: Medicine and Cure
- 3. The Spirit of the Age
- Chapter Two: Progress: From Experience to Program
- 1. The Republic of Letters
- 2. From Past to Future: The Great Reorientation
- 3. The Geography of Hope
- Chapter Three: The Uses of Nature
- 1. The Enlightenment's Newton
- 2. Newton's Physics Without Newton's God
- 3. Nature's Problematic Glories
- Chapter Four: The Science of Man
- 1. Enlightenment Man
- 2. Newtons of the Mind
- 3. The Revolt Against Rationalism
- 4. The Career of Imagination
- Chapter Five: The Emancipation of Art: Burdens of the Past
- 1. Art and Enlightenment
- 2. Patrons and Publics
- 3. Burdens of the Past
- Chapter Six: The Emancipation of Art: A Groping for Modernity
- 1. Diderot and Lessing: Two Respectful Revolutionaries
- 2. The Discovery of Taste
- Chapter Seven: The Science of Society
- 1. The First Social Scientists
- 2. Sociology: Facts, Freedom, and Humanity
- 3. Political Economy: From Power to Wealth
- 4. History: Science, Art, and Propaganda
- Chapter Eight: The Politics of Decency
- 1. Toleration: A Pragmatic Campaign
- 2. Abolitionism: A Preliminary Probing
- 3. Justice: A Liberal Crusade
- Chapter Nine: The Politics of Experience
- 1. The Varieties of Political Experience
- 2. The Battle for France
- 3. Enlightened Absolutism: From Solution to Problem
- Chapter Ten: The Politics of Education
- 1. The Logic of Enlightenment
- 2. A Faith for the Canaille
- 3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Moral Man in Moral Society
- Finale
- The Program in Practice
- Bibliographical Essay
- General
- Chapter One: The Recovery of Nerve
- Chapter Two: Progress: From Experience to Program
- Chapter Three: The Uses of Nature
- Chapter Four: The Science of Man
- Chapter Five: The Emancipation of Art: Burdens of the Past
- Chapter Six: The Emancipation of Art: A Groping for Modernity
- Chapter Seven: The Science of Society
- Chapter Eight: The Politics of Decency
- Chapter Nine: The Politics of Experience
- Chapter Ten: The Politics of Education
- Finale: The Program in Practice
- A Note About the Author
