Western philosophy: Enlightenment books

Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when...  Read More >>

Isaiah Berlin was deeply admired during his life, but his full contribution was perhaps underestimated because of...  Read More >>

The exchange of ideas between nations during the Enlightenment was greatly facilitated by cultural ventures, commercial...  Read More >>

Rousseau's Hand explores Rousseau's involvement in and promotion of craft in the context of the technological developments...  Read More >>

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Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is Kant's his major work in philosophy of religion. This Guidebook...  Read More >>

Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is Kant's his major work in philosophy of religion. This Guidebook...  Read More >>

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This book sets his life and work of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in the context of the intellectual, social, and cultural...  Read More >>

The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection...  Read More >>

To what extent is our own (political) practice based on transcendence, and what meaning do we attribute to inaccessible...  Read More >>

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This book provides a systematic account of Rousseau's significance in relation to Kant's, Fichte's and Hegel's views...  Read More >>

Genevieve Lloyd presents a new study of the place of Enlightenment thought in intellectual history and of its continued...  Read More >>

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Kant's 'practical philosophy' comprehends a diverse group of his writings on ethics, politics, law, religion and...  Read More >>

Through careful readings of the Groundwork and the Critique of Practical Reason, Grenberg shows how Kant defends...  Read More >>

The essence of Hume’s eighteenth-century philosophy was that all the sciences were ‘dependent on the science of...  Read More >>

Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than...  Read More >>

James Scott Johnston's incisive study draws on a holistic reading of Kant: one that views him as developing and...  Read More >>

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The Fable of the bees and the Treatise of human nature were written to define and dissect the essential components...  Read More >>

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The Critique of Pure Reason is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in which the author seeks to determine...  Read More >>