The Seduction of Unreason (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Wolin
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: History and philosophy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, History
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Politics, Socialism, Nineteenth century, Literature, Schools or school life, 1980’s, Political science, Conservatism, Liberalism, Colleges or universities, Democracy, Enlightenment, 1990’s, Totalitarianism, Fascism, Republics
Richard Wolin is a professor of history and comparative literature at the City University of New York. In The Seduction of Unreason: The Intellectual Romance with Fascism from Nietzsche to Postmodernism, he explores the paradoxically intimate relationship between ideas fashionable in leftist circles today and the insights of extremist right-wing philosophers of the early twentieth century. What unites these wildly disparate bodies of thinkers is a vehement rejection of the intellectual legacy of the eighteenth century Enlightenment, expressing itself in a radical distrust of...
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