The Defeat of the Mind - Paperback

by Alain Finkielkraut (Author), Judith Friedlander (Translator)

A passionate critique of Enlightenment--both in its contemporary invocation and its historical and cultural use--and a call to arms to rethink human equality and liberty without the sacrifice of individual rights and ethnicities.

Author Biography

Alaine Finkielkraut is the author of The Klaus Barbie Trial and Crimes Against Humanity (Columbia).