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1. What is Enlightenment? 2. Coffee houses and consumers: the socialcontext of Enlightenment; 3. The rise of modern paganism? Religion andthe Enlightenment; 4. Science and the Enlightenment: God's order andman's understanding; 5. Europe's mirror? The Enlightenment and theexotic; 6. Enlightenment thinking about gender; 7. Enlightenment andgovernment: new departure or business as usual? 8. The end of theEnlightenment: conspiracy and revolution? Brief biographies;Chronology; Suggestions for further reading.