Jonathan Swift and the Millennium of Madness - The Information Age in Swift's 'a Tale of a Tub'

The book bridges disciplines-24 journals in literature, history, science, medicine, philosophy, religion and Ireland have acclaimed this classic fascinating, extraordinarily well-informed, careful and encyclopedic.

"Craven reminds us of Swift's uncanny foreknowledge that democratic governments tend toward a populace inundated by false information it cannot process, and leaders intent only upon power and the deceptions by which it is gained."-Melvyn New

"This new edition situates Swift's early masterpiece in its most resonant possible context - its savage critique of John Locke, whose life and philosophical work simultaneously served to legitimate government by popular sovereignty and to countenance colonial violence and slavery."-Clement Hawes

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Craven
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780595391455
• ISBN: 978-0-595-39145-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 471 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua; Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories