Counter-Enlightenments: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present / Edition 1

by Graeme Garrard

Overview

This book discusses the Counter-Enlightenment, from its origins in Rousseau's Discourse on the Arts and Sciences through to contemporary debates about postmodernism and the relationship between liberalism and Enlightenment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415187251
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/2005
Series:	Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought , #10
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Graeme Garrard is teaches Political Theory and European Thought at Cardiff University, UK.

Table of Contents

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