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Enlightenment and the emergence of the absolutist nation-state and democracy

Enlightenment and the emergence of the absolutist nation-state and democracy

Review of The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe- 1648-1815 by Timothy Blanning

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Rob Crawford
Jun 08, 2023
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This book is a dazzling exposition of the evolution of European society from 1648 to 1815, when absolutism and the Enlightenment reigned, state power was consolidated and then challenged by the “nation”, and the democratic political revolution began and failed, ending in military dictatorship and a war so savage that the destruction and killing were on …

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