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  The Threat to Reason: How the Enlightenment Was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim it (Paperback) By (author) Daniel Hind

  

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  Short Description for The Threat to ReasonExploring how the Enlightenment continues to operate as a guiding principle in Western politics, this title reveals how the pressing threats to free inquiry reside within the enlightened institutions of state and corporation. It demonstrates its importance to a democratic politics, rather than a political performance in which we remain spectators.
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  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Published: 22 May 2008
  • Format: Paperback 224 pages
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  • Categories: Political Science & Theory | Political Ideologies | Political Structures: Democracy | Political Control & Freedoms
  • ISBN 13: 9781844672530 ISBN 10: 1844672530
  • Sales rank: 242,350

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• In exploring how the Enlightenment continues to operate as a powerful guiding principle in Western politics, "The Threat to Reason" reveals how the truly pressing threats to free inquiry reside within the allegedly enlightened institutions of state and corporation. In recovering the concept of Enlightenment from its self-appointed defenders, "The Threat to Reason" demonstrates its crucial importance to a truly democratic politics, rather than a political performance in which we remain merely spectators.