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Enlightenment's Wake John Gray (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK)

Enlightenment's Wake By John Gray (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK)

Summary

John Gray argues that all schools of contemporary political thought are variations on the Enlightenment Project - the Westernizing project of Universalizing Civilization and that new models are now needed to cope with contemporary dilemmas.

Enlightenment's Wake Summary

Enlightenment's Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age by John Gray (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK)

Now in paperback, Enlightenment's Wake stakes out the elements of John Gray's new position. He argues that all schools of contemporary political thought are variations on the Enlightenment Project - the Westernizing project of a universal civilization - and that this Enlightenment Project has proved self-undermining and is now exhausted. Fresh thought is needed on the dilemmas of the late modern age.

About John Gray (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK)

John Gray is a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. He has been visiting professor at Harvard, Yale and Tulane universities.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements 1.Against the New Liberalism 2.Notes Towards a Definition of the Political Thought of Tlon 3.Toleration: a Postliberal Perspective 4.Western Illusion, Enlightenment and the Fall of the Soviet State 5.The Postcommunist Societies in Transition 6.Agonistic Liberalism 7.The Undoing of Conservatism 8.After the New 10.Enlightenment's Wake Notes Index

Additional information

GOR008401068
9780415124751
0415124751
Enlightenment's Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age by John Gray (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK)
Used - Like New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-10-19
216
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