Enlightenment in an Age of Destruction: Intellectuals, World Disorder, and the Politics of Empire

Formulates a new understanding of a common concept (enlightenment) by framing it as a trans-historical and cross-cultural phenomenon.
Provides an alternative to current resistance theory in arguing for new modes of intellectual engagement in politics in an age of crisis.
Contextualizes the practice of critical theory within contemporary political discussions on topics such as climate change, nuclear proliferation, and war.

Christopher Britt is Associate Professor at The George Washington University, USA. He is the author of Quixotism: The Imaginative Denial of Spain’s Loss of Empire (2005) and of Imperial Idiocy: A Reflection on Forced Displacement in the Americas (Forthcoming: 2017).

Paul Fenn is the leader of the Community Choice Energy movement to localize energy in the United States. He is the author of several hallmark U.S. laws (California AB117, 2002; Massachusetts Chapter 164; San Francisco Charter Section 9.107.8, 2001; Oakland Measure X, 1998); primary architect of implemented policies to localize and democratize energy (San Francisco, 2013, Sonoma County, 2014); and author of numerous published essays.

Eduardo Subirats is Professor at New York University, USA. He is the author of some forty books in Spanish, as well as many articles in Spanish, German, English, and Portuguese. His main books deal with topics of aesthetics, cultural theory, colonialism, and literary theory.