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The curious enlightenment of professor Caritat

Paperback • 2022 • English

The curious enlightenment of professor Caritat: a novel of ideas

By Steven Lukes

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About the book

A whirlwind tour through the utopias of modernity, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is a brilliant fictional excursion through Western political philosophy from one of our most original thinkers. Professor Caritat, a middle-aged Candide, walks naively from his native land to the neighbouring countries of Utilitaria, Communitaria, and Libertaria on a quest to find the best of all possible worlds. Freed from the confines of his ivory tower, this wandering intellectual is made to conf...Show more

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9781839763977

Publisher

Verso

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

The curious enlightenment of professor Caritat

Format

Paperback

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