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Human Nature, Cultural Diversity, and the French Enlightenment
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Henry Vyverberg
Categories: Enlightenment
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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In this work, Henry Vyverberg traces the evolution and consequences of a crucial idea in French Enlightenment thought--the idea of human nature. Human nature wa
Human Nature, Cultural Diversity, and the French Enlightenment
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Henry Vyverberg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-08-17 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In this work, Henry Vyverberg traces the evolution and consequences of a crucial idea in French Enlightenment thought--the idea of human nature. Human nature wa
The French Enlightenment and its Others
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: D. Harvey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-06 - Publisher: Springer

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This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian s
Science and Humanism in the French Enlightenment
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Aram Vartanian
Categories: Enlightenment
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Vartanian (1922-97) offered this set of three essays to the series editors just before he died and had no opportunity to write a general introduction explaining
The Color of Equality
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Devin J. Vartija
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-06 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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The Enlightenment is often either praised as the wellspring of modern egalitarianism or condemned as the cradle of scientific racism. How should we make sense o