The Super-Enlightenment: Daring to Know Too Much

Historians of eighteenth-century thought have implied a clear distinction between mystical or occult writing, often termed 'illuminist', and better-known forms of Enlightenment thinking and culture. But where are the boundaries of 'enlightened' human understanding?

This is the question posed by contributors to this volume, who put forward a completely new way of configuring these seemingly antithetical currents of thought, and identify a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729409902
• ISBN13: 9780729409902
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 312 Pages