Enemies of the Enlightenment
Author | : Darrin M. McMahon |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2001-08-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199881291 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199881294 |
Rating | : 4/5 (294 Downloads) |
Download or read book Enemies of the Enlightenment written by Darrin M. McMahon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.