{"product_id":"the-enlightenment-and-original-sin-paperback","title":"The Enlightenment and Original Sin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Kadane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eloquent microhistory that argues for the centrality of the doctrine of original sin to the Enlightenment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What was the Enlightenment? This question has been endlessly debated. In \u003ci\u003eThe Enlightenment and Original Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Matthew Kadane advances the bold claim that the Enlightenment is best defined through what it set out to accomplish, which was nothing short of rethinking the meaning of human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kadane argues that this project centered around the doctrine of original sin and, ultimately, its rejection, signaling the radical notion that an inherently flawed nature can be overcome by human means. Kadane explores this and other wide-ranging themes through the story of a previously unknown figure, Pentecost Barker, an eighteenth-century purser and wine merchant. By examining Barker's personal diary and extensive correspondence with a Unitarian minister, Kadane tracks the transformation of Barker's consciousness from a Puritan to an Enlightenment outlook, revealing through one man's journey the large-scale shifts in self-understanding whose philosophical reverberations have shaped debates on human nature for centuries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Kadane\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Watchful Clothier: The Life of an Eighteenth-Century Protestant Capitalist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48559292776697,"sku":"9780226832890","price":46.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U3Nmnl7vVO9780226832890.webp?v=1781997222","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-enlightenment-and-original-sin-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}