Enemies of the Enlightenment (e-bog) af McMahon, Darrin M.
McMahon, Darrin M. (forfatter)

Enemies of the Enlightenment e-bog

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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 gi...
E-bog 260,50 DKK
Forfattere McMahon, Darrin M. (forfatter)
Udgivet 18 juli 2002
Genrer 1D
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780195347937
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 "e;Right."e; McMahon skillfully examines the Counter-Enlightenment, showing that it was an extensive, international, and thoroughly modern affair.