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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.
Introduction -- First shots -- Counter-Enlightenment and counter-revolution -- The return of faith and feeling -- The strange case of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Enlightenment -- Enlightened totalitarianism -- The postmodern challenge -- From Enlightenment and nothingness -- Conclusion : hits and misses.
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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 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.