The Enlightenment : a very short introduction
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
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For all its concision, [this book] manages to be both wide-ranging and rigorious. In five compressed yet elegant chapters it summarizes the current state of research while also adding a series of important insights. (Times Literary Supplement)
the book does exactly what it says it will do (Chris Pierson, Political Studies Review)
This intelligently written and informative book is more than simply a "a very short introduction". John Robertson's book provides, although concisely, a thorough and original interpretation of the Enlightenment as both a historical phenomenon and a philosophical idea. (H-Albion)