Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces Of The Politics Of EnlightenmentISBN13:9780807857427ISBN10:0807857424Author:Lerner, Ralph (Author)Description:In This Elegant Extended Essay, Ralph Lerner Concentrates On The Politics Of Enlightenment--The Process By Which Those Who Sought To Set Minds Free Went About Their Work Eighteenth-Century Revolutionaries In America And Europe, Lerner Argues, Found That A Revolution Aimed At Liberating Bodies And Minds Had Somehow To Be Explained And Defended Lerner First Investigates How The Makers Of Revolution Sought To Improve Their Public's Aspirations And Chances He Pays Particular Attention To Benjamin Franklin, To The Tone And Substance Of Revolutionaries' Appeals On Both Sides Of The Atlantic, And To The Preoccupations Of First- And Second-Generation Enlighteners Among The Americans He Then Unfolds The Art By Which Later Political Actors, Confronting The Profound Political, Constitutional, And Social Divisions Of Their Own Day, Drew Upon And Reworked Their National Revolutionary Heritage Lerner's Examination Of The Speeches And Writings Of Edmund Burke, Abraham Lincoln, And Alexis De Tocqueville Shows Them To Be Masters Of A Political Rhetoric Once Closely Analyzed By Plato And His Medieval Student Al-Farabi But Now Nearly Forgotten Originally Published In 1994 A Unc Press Enduring Edition -- Unc Press Enduring Editions Use The Latest In Digital Technology To Make Available Again Books From Our Distinguished Backlist That Were Previously Out Of Print These Editions Are Published Unaltered From The Original, And Are Presented In Affordable Paperback Formats, Bringing Readers Both Historical And Cultural Value Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of North Carolina PressPublication Date:2011-05-20Weight:0.5 lbsDimensions:0.36'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:152Language:English
Price: 43.49 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2024-12-22T01:14:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Revolutions Revisited : Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Ralph Lerner
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: General
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
