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
Garrard (political theory and European thought, Cardiff U., Wales) critically engages Isaiah Berlin and James Schmidt and their very different approaches to the Enlightenment and its enemies. He tries
Garrard examines Rousseau's critique of Enlightenment civilization. While optimistic philosophes such as Voltaire minimized the deep tensions and complexities of collective life, Rousseau contended
What is truly at stake in politics? Nothing less than how we should live, as individuals and as communities. This book goes beyond the surface headlines, the fake news and the hysteria to explore the
