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The Age of Reason / Frank E. Manuel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Development of Western CivilizationPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1951Description: 1 online resource (146 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501744273
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.22
LOC classification:
  • D286
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Prolegomena -- I. The European World -- II. Science and Theology -- III. The Moral and Political Outlook -- IV. The Realm of France -- V. The British System -- VI. Empire of the Hapsburgs -- VII. Prussia: The State as Machine -- VIII. Russia: The Servile State -- IX. Balance of Power in War and Peace -- Chronological Summary -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index
Summary: The period between the Peace of Utrecht and the French Revolution is brought into focus in this essay. Professor Manuel deals with the age of the philosophes and the enlightened despots, when belief in man's ability to achieve a good society through reason was in its first hopeful flower. The powerful pressures of that time are evaluated - the rapidly increasing population, the phenomenal growth of cities and industries, the greater facility of travel and transportation, The modern nation-state, as exemplified in France, England, the Hapsburg Empire, Prussia, and Russia, was growing strong and centralized. The relations of these states to one another are discussed.
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Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Prolegomena -- I. The European World -- II. Science and Theology -- III. The Moral and Political Outlook -- IV. The Realm of France -- V. The British System -- VI. Empire of the Hapsburgs -- VII. Prussia: The State as Machine -- VIII. Russia: The Servile State -- IX. Balance of Power in War and Peace -- Chronological Summary -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index

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The period between the Peace of Utrecht and the French Revolution is brought into focus in this essay. Professor Manuel deals with the age of the philosophes and the enlightened despots, when belief in man's ability to achieve a good society through reason was in its first hopeful flower. The powerful pressures of that time are evaluated - the rapidly increasing population, the phenomenal growth of cities and industries, the greater facility of travel and transportation, The modern nation-state, as exemplified in France, England, the Hapsburg Empire, Prussia, and Russia, was growing strong and centralized. The relations of these states to one another are discussed.

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In English.

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