Tilting against counter-enlightenment windmills

Garrard, Graeme ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-6361 2015. Tilting against counter-enlightenment windmills. Eighteenth-Century Studies 49 (1) , pp. 77-81. 10.1353/ecs.2015.0045

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Abstract

This essay is a direct response to Jeremy Caradonna’s article in which he attacks the concept of “Counter-Enlightenment.” I argue that most of his criticisms of the idea misfire, either because they don’t hit the target or they hit the wrong target. While the concept of a “Counter-Enlightenment” is not perfect (no concepts are), Caradonna’s criticism are mostly based on his misunderstanding and/or misrepresentation of it. For the most part, I contend, his Counter-Enlightenment is a straw man.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics
ISSN:	1086-315X
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 10:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132907

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