such as protectionism as opposed to international commerce—these are all deeply counter-Enlightenment ideas. It was for me in the course of writing the book—and the Trump election occurred in ...

Wherever we look today in academia, scholars are rushing to defend the Enlightenment ideas of political and individual liberty, human rights, faith in scientific reason, secularism, and the ...

With Pirate Enlightenment, his final book, the late anthropologist David ... such as radical equality and democracy, were ideas that washed ashore and set roots in Madagascar along with ...

1 Books in Review Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia By David Graeber Buy this book Graeber also put his ideas into practice. He was active in the anti-globalization protests and direct ...

“It’s now an article of faith,” Neiman writes, “that universalism, like other Enlightenment ideas, is a sham that was invented to disguise Eurocentric views that supported colonialism.” Neiman’s book ...

The Enlightenment, Richard Whatmore contends in this book, is just such an idea. Well yes, since it appears to describe a state of mind rather than, say, a single, big thought (like “free trade”).

The subtitle of this new book seems earned—du Châtelet really did play a significant part in the making of modern philosophy. But the Enlightenment’s “most dangerous woman”? Surely this ...