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The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World

Scott L. Montgomery • Princeton University Press • ISBN 9780691173191

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The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World

Scott L. Montgomery • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 9780691173191

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ISBN 9780691173191 • Completeness 48

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Scott L. Montgomery explores the intellectual foundations of modernity by tracing four transformative concepts that emerged during the Enlightenment. The book examines how these fundamental shifts in thought fundamentally restructured human society, science, and political identity.

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Publisher: Princeton University PressPages: 512

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Contributor: Scott L. Montgomery

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Category: Enlightenment PhilosophyCategory: History Of IdeasCategory: Intellectual HistoryCategory: ModernityCategory: Political Philosophy

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