Lhitage des Lumies: The Enlightenment as an unfinished and morally demanding project

The French Enlightenment and the Revolution of 1789 have commonly been seen as forerunners of modern Western European democracies and democratic values such as inalienable human rights, freedom from oppression, equality, religious tolerance, social security and happiness, inherited partly from the A...

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Main Author: Wolff, Charlotta 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2011]
In: Approaching religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 26-30
Further subjects:B Cosmopolitanism
B Nationalism
B Politics and religion
B Enlightenment
B Democracy
B Philosophy
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