THE FLIGHT FROM REASON

THE AGE OF THE IRRATIONAL

James Webb

Webb's work challenges theories of secularism and theories of decline in organised religion and spirituality. Webb argued that the 19th and 20th centuries had also been marked by a revolt against the Enlightenment and that the rise of irrationalism was much more marked than the rise of rationalism, especially before, during and after the First World War and the Second World War. Webb traced the influence of occult and mystical groups and writers on literature, philosophy and politics.

Macdonald, 1971. Hardback, 303pp., 8pp plates. Very good condition, front blank endpaper removed