The Seduction of Unreason

"Fifteen years ago, revelations about the political misdeeds of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man sent shock waves throughout European and North American intellectual circles. Ever since, postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a compromised past. In this intellectual genealogy of the postmodern spirit, Richard Wolin shows that postmodern's infatuation with fascism has been widespread and not incidental. He calls into question postmodernism's claim to have inherited the mantle of the left - and suggests that postmodern thought has long been smitten with the opposite end of the political spectrum."--Jacket.

First sentence: IN HONOR of the Enlightenment the eighteenth century was commonly known as the century of lumiere, or light.

Year

2004

Language

English

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Editions

6

Pages

360

ISBN

9780691125992

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