{"product_id":"9780199669561","title":"Enlightenment Shadows","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe idea of the Enlightenment has become a touchstone for emotive and often contradictory articulations of contemporary western values. \u003cem\u003eEnlightenment Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is a study of the place of Enlightenment thought in intellectual history and of its continued relevance. Genevieve Lloyd focuses especially on what is distinctive in ideas of intellectual character offered by key Enlightenment thinkers--on their attitudes to belief and scepticism; on their optimism about the future; and on the uncertainties and instabilities which nonetheless often lurk beneath their use of imagery of light. The book is organized around interconnected close readings of a range of texts: Montesquieu's \u003cem\u003ePersian Letters\u003c\/em\u003e; Voltaire's \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e; Hume's essay \u003cem\u003eThe Sceptic\u003c\/em\u003e; Adam Smith's treatment of sympathy and imagination in \u003cem\u003eTheory of Moral Sentiments\u003c\/em\u003e; d'Alembert's \u003cem\u003ePreliminary Discourse to the\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e--together with Diderot's entry on \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e; Diderot's \u003cem\u003eRameau's Nephew\u003c\/em\u003e; and Kant's essay \u003cem\u003ePerpetual Peace\u003c\/em\u003e. Throughout, the readings highlight ways in which Enlightenment thinkers enacted in their writing--and reflected on--the interplay of intellect, imagination, and emotion. Recurring themes include: the nature of judgement--its relations with imagination and with ideals of objectivity; issues of truth and relativism; the ethical significance of imagining one's self into the situations of others; cosmopolitanism; tolerance; and the idea of the secular.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022963261680,"sku":"9780199669561","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199669561_p0.jpg?v=1763671464","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199669561","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}