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

by Darrin M . Mc Mahon (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $26.89

  This book examines the Enlightenment from the perspective of its contemporary opponents. Born in France but spread throughout the world, the Counter-Enlightenment was a major cultural force at the intersection of the development of modern politics and thought about religion, gender, the French Revolution, and the course of history.