Enlightenolatry from Peter Gay to Steven Pinker: Mass Marketing Enlightenment and the Thick Eighteenth Century.

The article focuses on the emergence of 18th-century studies as a field of inquiry in the U.S. during the 1960s, particularly with a focus on the Enlightenment. It discusses the role of the Cold War context and the rise of scholars like Peter Gay in shaping the perception of the Enlightenment as a s...

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Publicado en:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 62; no. 3/4; pp. 355 - 384
Autor principal: Coppola, Al
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Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Fall/Winter2021
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