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In recent years, an increasing number of thinkers have grown
suspicious of the Enlightenment ideals of progress, reason, and
freedom. These critics, many inspired by Martin Heidegger, have
attacked modern philosophy's attempt to ground a vision of the
world upon the liberty of the human subject. Pointing to the rise
of totalitarian regimes in this century, they argue that the
Enlightenment has promoted the enslavement of human beings rather
than their freedom.
In this first of four volumes that aim to revitalize the
fundamental values of modern political thought, one of the leading
figures in the contemporary revival of liberalism in France
responds to these critics and offers a philosophically cogent
defense of a humanistic modernity. Luc Ferry reexamines the
philosopical basis of the contemporary retreat from the
Enlightenment and then suggests his own alternative, which defends
the ideals of modernity while giving due consideration to the
objections of the critics.
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