1st Edition
Counter-Enlightenments From the Eighteenth Century to the Present
By Graeme Garrard
Copyright 2006
208 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Enlightenment and its legacy are still actively debated, with the Enlightenment acting as a key organizing concept in philosophy, social theory and the history of ideas.
Counter-Enlightenments is the first full-length study to deal with the history and development of counter-enlightenment thought from its inception in the eighteenth century right through to the present. Engaging in a... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. First Shots 3. Counter-Enlightenment and Counter-Revolution 4. The Return of Faith and Feeling 5. Interlude: The Strange Case of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Enlightenment 6. Enlightened Totalitarianism 7. The Postmodern Challenge 8. Enlightenment and Nothingness 9. Hits and Misses. Bibliography. Index
Biography
Graeme Garrard is teaches Political Theory and European Thought at Cardiff University, UK.
