{"product_id":"book-i56n","title":"The End of Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark study of the Enlightenment from an eminent historian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radical re-evaluation of one of the most important moments in human history. Tracing around the world the changing perspectives of economists, philosophers, politicians and polemicists, historian Richard Whatmore argues that, for figures as diverse as David Hume, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft, the Enlightenment was a profound failure. They had strived to replace superstition with reason, fanaticism with toleration, but witnessed instead terror and revolution, corruption, gross commercial excess and the continued growth of violent empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning us to the tumultuous events and ideas of the eighteenth century, and digging deep into the thought of the men and women who defined their age, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e is a lucid exploration of disillusion and intellectual transformation, a brilliant meditation on our continued assumptions about the past, and a glimpse of the different ways our world might be structured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2023 Richard Whatmore (P)2023 Penguin Audio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49353422799152,"sku":"BDi56n","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i56n-cover.jpg?v=1761377382","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i56n","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}