Name: Voltaire's Bastards
ISBN: 9781476718965

John Ralston Saul

Argues that blind faith in reason has resulted in problems in every phase of social life, suggests reason is an administrative method rather than a moral force, and proposes some solutions.

The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

Voltaire's Bastards

Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West is a sweeping and provocative exploration of nothing less than the political, economic, social, and cultural origins of Western society. With great daring and originality, John Ralston Saul dissects the contradictions, delusions, and illusions that have brought the world to the brink of confusion and crisis, and shatters the myths surrounding the icons and institutions that we have been taught to revere and cherish.

Danu Poyner

What flaw in Western democracies leaves so many of their citizens feeling frustrated and disempowered? How did the arms trade become the single largest industry in a world that is ostensibly at peace? Why have Washington, Wall Street, and Hollywood all failed? These are just some of the unnerving questions that John Ralston Saul poses in 'Voltaire's Bastards', a phosphorescently intellingent search-and-destroy mission against the foundations of contemporary civilization.

Voltaire's Bastards The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

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