Radical Enlightenment - Israel, Professor Jonathan I. (Professor in the School of Historical Studies, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA)

A study of the origins and rise of the Radical Enlightenment, an important part of the revolutionary process of change during the 17th and 18th centuries. This book analyzes the enlightenment's role in the demolition of traditional structures of authority, scientific thought and belief.