A History of Modern Culture (Paperback)

Preface; 1. The background and character of the Enlightenment; 2. Newtonian science; 3. Linnaean science; 4. The place of science in eighteenth-century thought; 5. Philosophy; 6. Political and economic theory; 7. Historiography; 8. Scholarship; 9. The modern prose style; 10. Poetry and drama; 11. The propaganda of the Enlightenment; 12. Education; 13. Religious reaction and revival; 14. Deism and skepticism; 15. The decline of superstition and persecution; 16. Laws, morals, and manners; 17. Art and music; Bibliography; Index.