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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450322503321

Autore

Garrard Graeme <1965, >

Titolo

Counter-enlightenments : from the eighteenth-century to the present / / Graeme Garrard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-66224-6

1-280-29024-2

9786610290246

0-203-64566-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought ; ; v.v. 44

Disciplina

190/.9/033

Soggetti

Enlightenment

Philosophy, Modern

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

First shots -- Counter-Enlightenment and counter-revolution -- The return of faith and feeling -- Interlude : the strange case of Friedrich Nietzsche and the  Enlightenment -- Enlightened totalitarianism -- The postmodern challenge -- Enlightenment and nothingness -- Hits and misses.

Sommario/riassunto

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 critical dialogue with Isaiah Berlin's work, this book analyzes the concept of counter-enlightenment and some of the most important issues and problems it raises. Graeme Garrard explo