Enlightenment Crossings
Title | Enlightenment Crossings PDF eBook |
Author | George Sebastian Rousseau |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Anthropology |
ISBN | 9780719030727 |
Perilous Enlightenment
Title | Perilous Enlightenment PDF eBook |
Author | George Sebastian Rousseau |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Civilization, Modern |
ISBN | 9780719033018 |
Enlightenment Borders
Title | Enlightenment Borders PDF eBook |
Author | George Sebastian Rousseau |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Civilization, Modern |
ISBN | 9780719035067 |
The Enlightenment and the Book
Title | The Enlightenment and the Book PDF eBook |
Author | Richard B. Sher |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 842 |
Release | 2008-09-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0226752542 |
The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.
No River to Cross
Title | No River to Cross PDF eBook |
Author | Daehaeng |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2007-09-28 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0861715349 |
Known for her profound insight and compassion, Daehaeng Sunim has impeccable credentials as a Zen master, having spent long years of training in the mountains of Korea before she began to teach. Though steeped in the tradition, she has a refreshing approach: "No River to Cross" avoids the intellectual trappings of many Buddhist books, choosing instead to get personal. It's disarmingly simple, yet remarkably profound, pointing the reader again and again to his or her "True Nature"-- the enlightenment that is always within.
Crossing the Border -- Expanding the Enlightenment
Title | Crossing the Border -- Expanding the Enlightenment PDF eBook |
Author | Edward T. Larkin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 599 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Reader's Guide to the History of Science
Title | Reader's Guide to the History of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Arne Hessenbruch |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 965 |
Release | 2013-12-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134262949 |
The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.