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The European Enlightenment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Tore Frängsmyr
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Abstract

This article discusses the concept of ‘Enlightenment’. Many historians of ideas use it in such a vague way that it loses its meaning, for instance to characterize an oppositional attitude no matter when it occurred, or just as a chronological epoch (meaning the whole 18th century). Therefore, it is preferable to have a more distinct definition, based on the French Enlightenment as the main movement. The question of a Swedish Enlightenment is discussed within this framework.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 25 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1995

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