ISBN: 9780230114913 - the scottish enlightenment: race, gender, and the limits of progress (15 résultats)

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Etat : New. Examines how the difference between monogenist and polygenist accounts of the origin of the human race was reflected in, and helped to shape, Scottish Enlightenment accounts of society's progress through historical stages. Reveals how concepts of race and the role of women were treated by historians, philosophers, and other thinkers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2013. 2013th Edition. hardcover. . . . .…

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Etat : New. pp. xiv + 255.

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Etat : New. Examines how the difference between monogenist and polygenist accounts of the origin of the human race was reflected in, and helped to shape, Scottish Enlightenment accounts of society's progress through historical stages. Reveals how concepts of race and the role of women were treated by historians, philosophers, and other thinkers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2013. 2013th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Scottish Enlightenment shaped a new conception of history as a gradual and universal progress from savagery to civil society. Whereas women emancipated themselves from the yoke of male-masters, men in turn acquired polite manners and became civilized. Such a conception, however, presents problematic questions: why were the Americans still savage Why was it that the Europeans only had completed all the stages of the historic process Could modern societies escape the destiny of earlier empires and avoid decadence Was there a limit beyond which women's influence might result in dehumanization The Scottish Enlightenment's legacy for modernity emerges here as a two-faced Janus, an unresolved tension between universalism and hierarchy, progress and the limits of progress. 269 pp. Englisch.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Scottish Enlightenment shaped a new conception of history as a gradual and universal progress from savagery to civil society. Whereas women emancipated themselves from the yoke of male-masters, men in turn acquired polite manners and became civilized. Such a conception, however, presents problematic questions: why were the Americans still savage Why was it that the Europeans only had completed all the stages of the historic process Could modern societies escape the destiny of earlier empires and avoid decadence Was there a limit beyond which women's influence might result in dehumanization The Scottish Enlightenment's legacy for modernity emerges here as a two-faced Janus, an unresolved tension between universalism and hierarchy, progress and the limits of progress.…

Etat : New. Print on Demand pp. xiv + 255 This item is printed on demand.

Etat : New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. xiv + 255.