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Read An Excerpt. Paperback —. Add to Cart. About The Roads to Modernity In an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history.
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Ultimately, as its mixed reviews illustrate, The Roads to Modernity succeeds in at least one area: inspiring impassioned debate about a controversial new idea. Other Editions It appears that even if the moral sense is innate, it requires rigorous cultivation to actualize it. This fusion of historical analysis and political manifesto can make uncomfortable reading. On the contrary, it pays religion—and God—the great tribute of being essential to the welfare of mankind. Instead, she plunges directly into the 18th century, quickly and neatly distinguishing between two opposed sets of thinkers -- the British who are the good guys and the French who are, well, French.
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