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Booklist Editor's Choice 2003
Library Journal Best Reference Source 2003
Library Journal Starred Review 2004
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2004
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
4 volumes: print and e-reference editions available
Alan Charles Kors
1,874 pages
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numerous halftones, line figures and maps
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277 x 215mm
978-0-19-510430-1
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Hardback
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13 February 2003
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- The entire range of Enlightenment studies uniquely in one reference work
- 4 volumes, 700 A-Z entries
- Original, signed articles by more than 450 international scholars
- Attractively illustrated with 236 halftones, drawings, and maps
- Also available online from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf or through Oxford Reference Online offering flexible search and browse functionality and multi-user access
Comprising more than seven hundred articles totalling more than one million words, the Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment is a unique and comprehensive reference work on the entire range of philosophic and social changes wrought by the Enlightenment. It is available in both print and as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf. The Enlightenment is here defined as the 'long eighteenth century', from the rise of Descarte's disciples in 1670 to the Restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France in 1815, including themes central to the
ongoing history of Europe and the United States. These include increasing secularisation and a critical attitude toward inherited authority, the extension of scientific method beyond the physical sciences to law and economics, a broadened commitment to the ethical criterion of utility, an expansion of the dimensions of human life deemed subject to reform and human control, a disdain for sectarian religious strife and for its diversely perceived causes, and an elevation of the theme of 'toleration' among the concerns of the Western conscience. The four volumes draw together the resources of a select group of editors, advisers, and contributors and provides fresh perspectives on recent scholarship in such areas as gender history and the history of popular culture. Clearly written and well
balanced this reference work offers students, scholars, and other readers an up-to-date reference tool that, for the first time, places the entire range of Enlightenment studies into an authoritative encyclopedic format. This work brings together the people and places that played a role in the Enlightenment, explains the movement's concepts and themes, and describes its impact on areas as diverse as politics, religion, science, philosophy, society, and art. This definitive work presents and assesses the subject in many thematic and geographical areas, including:
Transnational communication, including such topics as the diffusion of texts, the Republic of Letters, languages and translation, censorship and press freedom, and the Grand Tour.
The
Enlightenment in Iberian, Ibero-American, Scandinavian, Jewish, Russian, and Eastern European culture.
Material culture, especially the 'history of the book', and the resonance of the Enlightenment in more popular culture.
The impact of world exploration and contact on eighteenth-century life and letters.
'Secondary' and 'provincial' centres of intellectual and cultural activity, such as Milan, Saint Petersburg, and Philadelphia.
The history of Enlightenment studies, including recent theoretical and methodological approaches, and the scope of current interpretations and debates.
These dramatic developments inform the more than one hundred articles that comprise the encyclopedia and are reflected in the work's synoptic
outline, which covers such conceptual categories as biographies, cities, concepts, education, major schools of thought, and nations and states. Intended for the non-specialist as well as the specialist, with both wide-ranging and up-to-date coverage, the encyclopedia will prove a powerful reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, advanced scholars, and general readers alike. An extensive system of cross-references, a synoptic outline of contents, and a comprehensive topical index provide easy access to networks of related articles. Each entry is signed by the contributor and the work is illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps. Authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible, the Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment is an invaluable and indispensable addition to
personal, public, academic, and research libraries.Readership: Students, scholars and general readers interested in the Enlightenment period and its philosophical, social, political, artistic, scientific, and religious history.
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Alan Charles Kors, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania. Contributors:
Editor in Chief: Alan Charles Kors, Professor History, University of Pennsylvania
Area Editors:
Roger L. Emerson, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Western Ontario
Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, Department of History, UCLA
Anthony J. LaVopa, Professor and Department Head, Department of History, North Carolina State University
Jacque Le Brun, former Directeur d'Etudes des Sciences Religieuses, Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne
Jeremy D. Popkin, Professor of History, University of Kentucky
Ruth Whelan, Professor and Head of Department of French, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History, Brown University
Adviser: Bradley Thompson, Associate Professor and Chariman, Department of History and Political Science, Ashland University
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"'This new work offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage vailable ... Impressive range and currency. '" - Library Journal
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