The End of Enlightenment : Empire, Commerce, Crisis by Richard Whatmore

The End of Enlightenment : Empire, Commerce, Crisis by Richard Whatmore'A brilliant and revelatory book about the history of ideas' David Runciman 'Fascinating and important' Ruth Scurr The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural rights and constitutional government prevailed. In this radical re evaluation, historian Richard Whatmore shows why, for many at its centre, the Enlightenment was a profound failure. By the early

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