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The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Novel

The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Novel

by StevenLukes (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

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Synopsis

By turns witty and profound, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is a novel in the spirit of Gulliver's Travels or Animal Farm. Telling the story of the travels of a Professor Caritat, who is in search of the perfect world, Steven Lukes us on an irreverent romp through the history of western political philosophy. Doing for that discipline what Sophie's World did for philosophy in general, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is both a refreshing humorous introduction to the clasing ideologies of our time, and a passionate defence of the much-abused Enlightenment and its core values of reason, freedom and tolerance.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 22 Oct 1996
ISBN 10: 1859840736
ISBN 13: 9781859840733

Media Reviews
This book is a box of delights, often wonderfully funny and always deliciously clever, a contemporary political satire to set among the best. -- New Statesman and Society A delightfully edifying comedy. -- Guardian Knock-out satirical humour. -- Times Literary Supplement Charming and refreshing. - Radical Philosophy Lukes achieves both lightness and weight in a way many novelists might envy. -- Independent A counterpart to Jonstein Gaarder's bestseller, Sophie's World, for those who might be seeking an introduction to political theory. - Prospect
Author Bio
Steven Lukes is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Siena and the author of numerous works, including Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work, Power: A Radical View and What Is Left