The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Novel of Ideas

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Author/Contributor(s): Lukes, Steven Publisher: Verso Date: 5/31/2022 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW A whirlwind tour through the utopias of modernityThe Curious Enlightenment o f 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 confront the perplexed state of modern thinking in a dazzling comedy of ideas. Show more