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Counter-Enlightenment

Counter-Enlightenment. Enlightenment. Universality Objectivity Rationality Analysis, dissection, and assemblage Perfectibility of human nature Engineering of human world. Counter-Enlightenment. Knowledge of natural world vs. knowledge of human world Relativity vs. Absolute t ruth

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Counter-Enlightenment

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  1. Counter-Enlightenment

  2. Enlightenment • Universality • Objectivity • Rationality • Analysis, dissection, and assemblage • Perfectibility of human nature • Engineering of human world

  3. Counter-Enlightenment • Knowledge of natural world vs. knowledge of human world • Relativity vs. Absolute truth • Community, worldview, language and myth • Cultural style • Nationalism • Beyond the control of mechanical rules • Individual will • Irrationality and coercive control

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