Author Description

"Counter-Enlightenments is the first general, book-length study of the history and development of Enlightenment criticism from its inception in the eighteenth century through to the present. It examines the various ways in which the Enlightenment has been both constructed and attacked by its enemies on the left, the right and in the centre. Engaging in a critical dialogue with Isaiah Berlin's seminal work on this subject, this book analyses the concept of Counter-Enlightenment and some of the most important conceptual issues and problems that it raises. Graeme Garrard explores the diverse forms of Counter-Enlightenment thought with a wide-ranging review of the principle opponents of the past two hundred and fifty years, and concludes with an assessment of the persuasiveness of some of the most common and important criticisms of it."--Jacket.