Enemies of the Enlightenment : The French

Enemies of the Enlightenment : The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of Modernity

Critics have long treated the most important intellectual movement of modern history--the Enlightenment--as if it took shape in the absence of opposition. In this groundbreaking new study, Darrin McMahon demonstrates that, on the contrary, contemporary resistance to the Enlightenment was a major cultural force, shaping and defining the Enlightenment itself from the moment of inception, while giving rise to an entirely new ideological phenomenon-what we have come to think of as the "Right." McMahon skillfully examines the Counter-Enlightenment, showing that it was an extensive, international, and thoroughly modern affair.
Country USA
Brand Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press USA
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780195158939
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884238963685
EANs 0884238963685
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Enemies of the Enlightenment : The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of Modernity