The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 страница This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... European thought that scholars of the American Enlighten- ment have avoided . The differences are historically as well as philosophically based . European nations do not begin in the hope of the Enlightenment , and their modern ...
... European thought that scholars of the American Enlighten- ment have avoided . The differences are historically as well as philosophically based . European nations do not begin in the hope of the Enlightenment , and their modern ...
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... European ideas to make something specifically American out of them . Put another way , the American Enlightenment thrives upon perceived affini- ties rather than on exclusive correlations . An eighteenth - century intellectual still ...
... European ideas to make something specifically American out of them . Put another way , the American Enlightenment thrives upon perceived affini- ties rather than on exclusive correlations . An eighteenth - century intellectual still ...
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... European ignorance and the American Enlightenment . In Europe , a confederacy between the clergy and feudal princes has kept the people in ignorance of their rights until the Reformation , which has renewed the struggle for knowledge ...
... European ignorance and the American Enlightenment . In Europe , a confederacy between the clergy and feudal princes has kept the people in ignorance of their rights until the Reformation , which has renewed the struggle for knowledge ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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