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The curious enlightenment of Professor Caritat : a comedy of ideas by Steven Lukes [Lukes, Steven] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The curious enlightenment of Professor Caritat : a comedy of ideas about?
The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is a brilliant fictional journey through Western political philosophy by one of our most original thinkers. Professor Caritat, a middle-aged Candide, walks naively through the neighbouring countries of Utilitaria, Communitaria and Libertaria, in his quest to find the best of all possible worlds. Cut loose from the confines of his ivory tower, this wandering professor is made to confront the perplexed state of modern thinking in this dazzling comedy of ideas.
Who reads The curious enlightenment of Professor Caritat : a comedy of ideas?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Steven Lukes [Lukes, Steven]
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781844673698
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, History
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