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Margaret C. Jacob, “The Secular Enlightenment” (Princeton UP, 2019)
Margaret C. Jacob, “The Secular Enlightenment” (Princeton UP, 2019)
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2019
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Podcast episode
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The Secular Enlightenment by Professor Margaret C. Jacob, has been called a major new history on how the Enlightenment transformed people’s everyday lives. It’s a panoramic account of the radical ways that life began to change for ordinary people in the age of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau. In this landmark...
Released:
Apr 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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