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Paperback / softback. New. For all the challenges we face in the modern world, those of us in first world democracies live lives which have seemed miraculous to our forebears of a few centuries ago. With modern medical science, we can easily treat injuries and illnesses which used to be fatal. We have plentiful food, rights to freedom of speech and religion, access to public education, and can vote for our leaders. We still have a long way to go to free ourselves of injustice, poverty and want, but no human societies have ever gone further. Why the Enlightenment Matters goes back to the seventeenth century to explore how we broke out of old ways of thinking to move towards the scientific method, industrial revolution, liberal democracy, and human rights. Looking back, it's easy to see these developments as inevitable. In reality, huge barriers stood in the path of progress. Today, with the world grappling with the rise of new forms of authoritarianism and the re-emergence of old ones, it is more…
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Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking That Made the Modern World Brochura - 2024
por Adam Wakeling
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- Título Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking That Made the Modern World
- Autor Adam Wakeling
- Encadernação Brochura
- Páginas 294
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Arden
- Data de publicação 2024-09-30
- ISBN 9781922952066 / 1922952060
- Peso 0.96 libras (0.44 kg)
- Dimensão 9 x 6 x 0.66 in. (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.68 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Modern
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Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift In Our Thinking That Made the Modern World
por Adam Wakeling
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Why Enlightenment Matters : The shift in our thinking that made the modern world
por Wakeling, Adam
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Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. MINT - a NEW copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 287 pages. This book goes back to the seventeenth century to explore how we broke out of the old ways of thinking to move towards the scientific method, industrial revolution, liberal democracy, and human rights. Looking back, it's easy to see these developments as inevitable. in reality, huge barriers stood in the path of progress. . New. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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