The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat. A Comedy of Ideas

TitleThe Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat. A Comedy of Ideas
Year for Search1995
AuthorsLukes, Steven(b. 1941)
Date Published1995
PublisherVerso
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

A modern version of Voltaire's (1694-1778) Candide ou, L'Optimisme (1759) by a U.K. political theorist.

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2nd ed. [Cover says exp. new ed. but the only additions appear to be an "Introduction" (vii-ix) and "Further Readings" (261-62)] as The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat. A Novel of Ideas. London: Verso, 2009. Includes an Errata slip.

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Author Note

(b. 1941)

Full Text

1995 Lukes, Steven (b. 1941). The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat. A Comedy of Ideas. London: Verso. 2nd ed. [Cover says exp. new ed. but the only additions appear to be an “Introduction” (vii-ix) and “Further Readings” (261-62)] as The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat. A Novel of Ideas. London: Verso, 2009. Includes an Errata slip. PSt

A modern version of Voltaire’s (1694-1778) Candide ou, L’Optimisme (1759) by a U.K./U.S. political theorist.