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Re:'The End of Enlightenment' by Richard Whatmore Review by chmod600 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @08:47PM (#38750287)
How do you differentiate between a "reaction" and a natural consequence? Maybe as religion / superstition diminished, that left an identity vacuum which was filled by nationalism?
Re:'The End of Enlightenment' by Richard Whatmore Review by jackcosgrove on Saturday December 23, 2023 @09:11PM (#38750434)
I don't. The main work of the Enlightenment was to end religious wars, and I don't think that should not have been attempted because religious wars would be replaced by national wars. We have to keep working through all the crises that ensue. Blaming the Enlightenment for all the dominoes that fell over removes responsibility for other actors and currents, and makes the Enlightenment a scapegoat.