Beschreibung:
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.
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