Od oświecenia do rewolucji
From Enlightenment to revolution

Author(s): Eric Voegelin
Contributor(s): Łukasz Pawłowski (Translator)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Political Sciences, History and theory of political science
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: history of ideas; Enlightenment; positivism; Bossuet; Voltaire; Helvétius; Comte; Bakunin; Marx
Summary/Abstract: A cross section of the most important philosophical and intellectual trends from the 17th to the 20th century. Among others, the author puts together the thought of J.-B. Bossuet and the views of Voltaire, confronts the reflections of B. Pascal and Helvétius, presents the key elements of the positivist vision of A. Comte, the concepts of M. Bakunin and K. Marx. He is concerned with key 19th-century categories of political thought, such as progress or political durability.

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