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The Defeat of the Mind

Paperback • 1996 • English

The Defeat of the Mind

By Alain Finkielkraut

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A passionate critique of Enlightenment-both in its contemporary invocation and its historical and cultural use-and a call to arms to rethink human equality and liberty without the sacrifice of individual rights and ethnicities.

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9780231080231

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

The Defeat of the Mind

Format

Paperback

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