Was it Berlin de Maistre who counted the term counter enlightenment? Have you read Hirshman's great book on reactionary rhetoric?
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On Aug 19, 2012, at 10:08 PM, "Chuck Grimes" <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Welcome back. I was just wondering about you the other
> day. It was about your suggestion to look into Isaiah Berlin v. Strauss.
> I picked up a great term from Berlin in an essay where he traces the
> reactionary movements against the Enlightenment, which he called the
> counterenlightenment.
> I just finished Trotsky massive History of the Russian Revolution. At
> the moment I am reading Trotsky autobio, My Life.
> CG
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