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

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

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

Postmodern philosophy is often dismissed as unintelligible, self-contradictory, and as a passing fad with no contribution to make to the problems faced by philo