First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In a wide-ranging interpretation of French thought in the years 1670-1789, Daniel Gordon takes us through the literature of manners and moral philosophy, theolo

This volume explores the conventional opposition between Enlightenment and Postmodernity and questions some of the conclusions drawn from it.

Ever since the shocking revelations of the fascist ties of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a compromised past