In defence of the enlightenment
Tzvetan Todorov argues that although our liberal democracies are the offspring of the Enlightenment, they also illustrate the ways in which its ideas have been distorted and perverted. People living in contemporary democracies are often baffled by phenomena which resist easy judgement: globalisa...
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| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Atlantic Books,
2010
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| Schlagworte: | Enlightenment |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (88 p.) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; IN DEFENCE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT; Copyright; Introductory Note; one: The Project; two: Rejections and Distortions; three: Autonomy; four: Secularism; five: Truth; six: Humanity; seven: Universality; eight: The Enlightenment and Europe; A Note of Conclusion; Notes;