jonathan israel

A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man's life, relationships, writings, and

JUBILEUMEDITIE Het was een historische gebeurtenis in 1995, dit jaar dus 25 jaar geleden; de verschijning van Jonathan Israels De Republiek. Dat ee

In dit boek laat Jonathan Israel zien hoe de Amerikaanse Revolutie de hele wereld in vlam zette. De radicale democratische ideeën van founding fathers

The authors of the international bestseller, THE BIBLE UNEARTHED, draw on the latest archaeological findings to reveal the surprising historical truth

The Dutch Golden Age was one of the most spectacularly creative episodes in world history. The age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, it was

Daar is een tijd van komen, daar is een tijd van gaan. Onze tijd van gaan was er. De Flesch kwam 't ons zelf zeggen. We hadden pas gegeten. Brood, een

A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the current climate crisis

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK A TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pac

De internationale bestseller over Rudolf Vrba, nu als midprice April 1944. In het diepste geheim bereidt de 19-jarige Rudolf Vrba voor wat nog nieman

The first novel by Jonathan Lethem (author of the award-winning Motherless Brooklyn) is a science-fiction mystery, a dark and funny post-modern romp s

Al jaren wordt er gefluisterd dat Van Gogh voor zijn dood een laatste zelfportret zou hebben gemaakt. Wanneer Luke Perrone en Alexis Verde, dochter va

Happiness comes from within. Can these 'truths' hold the key to a happier, more fulfilled life?In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonath

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a small but conspicuous fringe of the Jewish population became the world's most resolute, intellectua

The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty,

Historical Dictionary of the Enlightenment, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary secti

A major intellectual history of the American Revolution and its influence on later revolutions in Europe and the AmericasThe Expanding Blaze is a swee

The confrontation between Spain and the Dutch Republic was a key factor in European and world history. In this collection, Jonathan Israel explores th

The period between the late 16th and the early 18th centuries was one of shifts of balance in political, military and economic power in Europe. This v

A major intellectual history of the American Revolution and its influence on later revolutions in Europe and the Americas The Expanding Blaze is a sw