Enemies of the Enlightenment: The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of Modernity / Darrin M. McMahon (2002) Book Details Subject Enlightenment; History; Social change; Society Pub Date 7/18/2002 Nr of Pages 288 Format (size) Paperback (22.6cm x 15.2cm) Publisher Oxford University Press, USA Maine Masonic College Notes It gives one a new perspective on many previously held assumptions about a period of time crucial to the formation of Freemasonry. Certainly worth reading. ~Ed King Summary Critics have long treated the most important intellectual movement of modern history--the Enlightenment--as if it took shape in the absence of opposition. In this groundbreaking new study, Darrin McMahon demonstrates that, on the contrary, contemporary resistance to the Enlightenment was a major cultural force, shaping and defining the Enlightenment itself from the moment of inception, while giving rise to an entirely new ideological phenomenon-what we have come to think of as the "Right." McMahon skillfully examines the Counter-Enlightenment, showing that it was an extensive, international, and thoroughly modern affair. Puchase Details MMC Rating 9 Cover Price $24.95 Buy Here: Amazon US