Neorationalism as a distinctive philosophical trajectory, exploring
the outermost possibilities of Prometheanism, Inhumanism, and
Enlightenment.
What is the fate of Reason in the twenty-first century? Today more than
ever, in the face of disinformation, memetic plagues, and neuroactive
media, if we are to resist not just the continual solicitation of our
cognitive reflexes, but also the unearned authority of endless everyman
rationalists and self-appointed secular priests of rationality, then we
have no choice but to mobilize Reason to continually dissect the
responsibilities they shirk, and to embrace the future demands of
thought. Peter Wolfendale has long been dedicated to this philosophical
task, and The Revenge of Reason lays out his vision for Neorationalism
as a distinctive philosophical trajectory, exploring the outermost
possibilities of Prometheanism, Inhumanism, and Enlightenment.
This volume collects interviews and writings on various philosophical
figures and topics, addressing the deepest questions of Physis, Logos,
and Ethos--all with exemplary clarity and pedagogical generosity.
Against those who would chain the fate of humanity to its animal nature,
Wolfendale's work makes the case for unbinding our rationality from
every petty naturalism and every fixed image of thought, heralding an
inhuman destiny unleashed by the revenge of Reason.
