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Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat : A Novel of Ideas by Steven Lukes (2022, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherVerso Books

ISBN-101839763973

ISBN-139781839763977

eBay Product ID (ePID)2321444822

Product Key Features

Book TitleCurious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat : a Novel of Ideas

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicVisionary & Metaphysical, Political, Humorous / General

GenreFiction

AuthorSteven Lukes

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight7.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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LCCN2022-513318

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Dewey Edition23/eng/20220714

Reviews"A counterpart to Jonstein Gaarder's bestseller, Sophie's World , for those who might be seeking an introduction to political theory."-- Prospect "A delightfully edifying comedy."-- Guardian "Charming and refreshing."-- Radical Philosophy "Knock-out satirical humour."-- Times Literary Supplement "Lukes achieves both lightness and weight in a way many novelists might envy."-- Independent "This book is a box of delights, often wonderfully funny and always deliciously clever, a contemporary political satire to set among the best."-- New Statesman and Society, "A counterpart to Jonstein Gaarder's bestseller, Sophie's World , for those who might be seeking an introduction to political theory." -- Prospect "A delightfully edifying comedy." -- Guardian "Charming and refreshing." -- Radical Philosophy "Knock-out satirical humour." -- Times Literary Supplement "Lukes achieves both lightness and weight in a way many novelists might envy." -- Independent "This book is a box of delights, often wonderfully funny and always deliciously clever, a contemporary political satire to set among the best." -- New Statesman and Society

Dewey Decimal823/.92

SynopsisA 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 confront the perplexed state of modern thinking in a dazzling comedy of ideas., By turns witty and profound, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is a novel in the spirit of Gulliver's Travels or Animal Farm . Telling the story of the travels of a Professor Caritat, who is in search of the perfect world, Steven Lukes us on an irreverent romp through the history of western political philosophy. Doing for that discipline what Sophie's World did for philosophy in general, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is both a refreshing humorous introduction to the clasing ideologies of our time, and a passionate defence of the much-abused Enlightenment and its core values of reason, freedom and tolerance.

LC Classification NumberPR6062