The world we want : how and why the ideals of the Enlightenment still elude us / Robert B. Louden.
The world we want : how and why the ideals of the Enlightenment still elude us / Robert B. Louden.
The world we want : how and why the ideals of the Enlightenment still elude us / Robert B. Louden.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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2007.
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N190/139
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English
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xiv, 324 p. ; 25 cm.
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Pt. I. Then -- 1. Religion -- 2. Education -- 3. Economics -- 4. Politics -- 5. International relations -- Pt. II. Now -- 6. Religion -- 7. Education -- 8. Economics -- 9. Politics -- 10. International relations.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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England
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2007.
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"The World We Want compares the future world that Enlightenment intellectuals had hoped for with our own world at present. In what respects do the two worlds differ, and why are they so different? To what extent is and isn't our world the world Enlightenment thinkers wanted, and to what extent do we today still want their world? Unlike previous phi...
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The world we want : how and why the ideals of the Enlightenment still elude us / Robert B. Louden.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-314) and index.
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N190/139
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74VM8wl4E3qO
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9780195321371 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195321375 (cloth : alk. paper)
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190
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991000022179702626
