Robert B. Louden

The World We Want

How and Why the Ideals of the Enlightenment Still Elude Us

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Produktbeschreibung

This interdisciplinary book is a contribution to the history of ideas that tries to locate and assess the causes for the large gap between Enlightenment hopes for the future and present realities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780199743537
• ISBN-10: 0199743533
• Artikelnr.: 29978673

Autorenporträt

Robert B. Louden is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Citations and Translations
Introduction
Part I: Then
1.: Religion
The Unity Thesis
The Morality Thesis
Toleration
2.: Education
(Almost) Universal Education
Learning to Use One's Own Reason
Enlightened Universities
3.: Economics
Commercial Society
International Trade
4.: Politics
Nationalism
Republicanism
5.: International Relations
Peace through Federation
Peace through Law
Part II: Now
6.: Religion
The "Resurgence" of Religion
Splitting the Difference
7.: Education
A Schooled World
Education for What?
8.: Economics
Globalization
Poverty within and between Nations
From Civic Culture to Consumer Culture
9.: Politics
Proliferation of Sovereign States
Democritization
10.: International Relations
League of Nations, United Nations, Warring Nations
The Moral Pressure of Human Rights
Global Jurisdiction versus National Sovereignty
Conclusion
History Test
Hope after Horror
Notes
Bibliography
Index