Jack R. Censer is Professor Emeritus of History at George Mason University, USA. He is the author of several books on the French Old Regime and Revolution, including Prelude to Power (l976; reissued 2019), The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment (1994) and, with Lynn Hunt, The French Revolution and Napoleon (2022; 2nd edition, Bloomsbury Academic). He has also explored the modern press in On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper (2010). His most recent work is Debating Modern Revolution (2016, Bloomsbury Academic).

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter T. StruckIntroduction, Jack R. Censer and Gary Kates1. Knowledge, Chad Wellmon2. The Human Self, Howard G. Brown3. Ethics and Social Relations, Sara Maza4. Politics and Economies, Gary Kates5. Nature, Brian W. Ogilvie6. Religion and the Divine, Jonathan Sheehan7. Language, Poetry, Rhetoric, Christy Pichichero8. The Arts, Douglas Fordham9. History, Caroline WintererNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex

Jack R. Censer is Professor Emeritus of History at George Mason University, USA. He is the author of several books on the French Old Regime and Revolution, including Prelude to Power (l976; reissued 2019), The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment (1994) and, with Lynn Hunt, The French Revolution and Napoleon (2022; 2nd edition, Bloomsbury Academic). He has also explored the modern press in On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper (2010). His most recent work is Debating Modern Revolution (2016, Bloomsbury Academic).

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter T. StruckIntroduction, Jack R. Censer and Gary Kates1. Knowledge, Chad Wellmon2. The Human Self, Howard G. Brown3. Ethics and Social Relations, Sara Maza4. Politics and Economies, Gary Kates5. Nature, Brian W. Ogilvie6. Religion and the Divine, Jonathan Sheehan7. Language, Poetry, Rhetoric, Christy Pichichero8. The Arts, Douglas Fordham9. History, Caroline WintererNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex

Jack R. Censer is Professor Emeritus of History at George Mason University, USA. He is the author of several books on the French Old Regime and Revolution, including Prelude to Power (l976; reissued 2019), The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment (1994) and, with Lynn Hunt, The French Revolution and Napoleon (2022; 2nd edition, Bloomsbury Academic). He has also explored the modern press in On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper (2010). His most recent work is Debating Modern Revolution (2016, Bloomsbury Academic).

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter T. StruckIntroduction, Jack R. Censer and Gary Kates1. Knowledge, Chad Wellmon2. The Human Self, Howard G. Brown3. Ethics and Social Relations, Sara Maza4. Politics and Economies, Gary Kates5. Nature, Brian W. Ogilvie6. Religion and the Divine, Jonathan Sheehan7. Language, Poetry, Rhetoric, Christy Pichichero8. The Arts, Douglas Fordham9. History, Caroline WintererNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex