Books by Anthony J. (University of California Cascardi

This Introduction provides an original, synthetic overview of the relations between literature and philosophy from ancient times to the present. It covers a wide range of genres, historical periods, and topics, making it a valuable guide for students, teachers, and researchers in literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy.

What is the relationship between contemporary intellectual culture and the European Enlightenment? In Consequences of Enlightenment, Anthony Cascardi argues that postmodern culture does not reject Enlightenment beliefs and explores the link between aesthetics and politics in thinkers as diverse as Habermas, Derrida, Arendt, Nietzsche, Hegel and Wittgenstein.