Enlightenment’s Wake

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Enlightenment’s Wake is a philosophical work by John Gray that critically examines and challenges the legacy of Enlightenment rationalism and liberal humanism in modern political thought.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
aimsTo challenge liberal faith in rational progress ⓘ
reassess the legacy of the Enlightenment in politics ⓘ
author John Gray ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes Enlightenment project ⓘ
liberal humanism ⓘ
liberal universalism ⓘ
progressivism ⓘ
rationalist foundationalism ⓘ
discusses liberal democracy ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
multiculturalism ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
pluralism ⓘ
postmodernity ⓘ
secularization ⓘ
genre political philosophy ⓘ
hasEdition Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age ⓘ
hasPart essays on culture and politics at the end of the modern age ⓘ
essays on liberalism and modernity ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalStance anti-utopianism ⓘ
critique of secular humanism ⓘ
skepticism about progress ⓘ
value pluralism ⓘ
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Isaiah Berlin ⓘ
Karl Popper ⓘ
Michael Oakeshott ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
liberal humanism ⓘ
modern political thought ⓘ
notableFor influence on debates about the fate of liberalism ⓘ
systematic critique of Enlightenment rationalism in politics ⓘ
proposes a post-Enlightenment liberalism without universal foundations ⓘ
publicationYear 1995 ⓘ
publisher Routledge ⓘ
targetAudience scholars of political philosophy ⓘ
students of political theory ⓘ

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John Gray → notableWork → Enlightenment’s Wake ⓘ
Enlightenment’s Wake → hasEdition → Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age ⓘ
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