History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature by Wolloch, Nathaniel

History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781409421146)

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History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature by Wolloch, Nathaniel

History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature

$210.00
History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature by Wolloch, Nathaniel

History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature

$210.00
Format: Hardcover
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The mastery of nature was viewed by eighteenth-century historians as an important measure of the progress of civilization. Modern scholarship has hitherto taken insufficient notice of this important idea. This book discusses the topic in connection with the mainstream religious, political, and philosophical elements of Enlightenment culture. It considers works by Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Herder, Vico, Raynal, Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, and a wide range of lesser- and better-known figures. It also discusses many classical, medieval, and early modern sources which influenced Enlightenment historiography, as well as eighteenth-century attitudes toward nature in general.

Author: Nathaniel Wolloch
ISBN-10: 1409421147
ISBN-13: 9781409421146
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2011
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
By Nathaniel Wolloch
By Nathaniel Wolloch
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Nathaniel Wolloch is an Independent Scholar from Israel, specializing in European intellectual history. He is the author of Subjugated Animals: Animals and Anthropocentrism in Early Modern European Culture (2006), and History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature (2011).

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