Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment: A Republican Critique of the Philosophes

by Graeme Garrard

Graeme Garrard is Lecturer in Political Philosophy and European Thought at Cardiff University.

Genres: Philosophy, Politics

206 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Graeme Garrard is a writer and academic at Cardiff University (UK) where he teaches political philosophy and intellectual history. He is the author of Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment (2003), Counter-Enlightenments: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (2006), (with co-author James Murphy) How to Think Politically: Sages, Sceptics and Statesmen Whose Ideas Have Shaped the World (2019) and The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential For Our Health, Wealth and Happiness (2022). He also writes for newspapers and magazines, such as History Today and Philosophy Now. He is on Twitter as @GarrardGraeme. On Facebook as Graeme Garrard.