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13. Nov. 2018 · The enlightenment and its critics1. The Enlightenment, often referred to as ‘The Age of Reason’, is sometimes periodised by French historians as the years 1715, the death of Louis XIV, and 1789, the start of the French Revolution. The French referred to the eighteenth century as le Siècle des Lumières; the Germans, as Aufklärung; the ...
3. Feb. 2000 · "Three Critics of the Enlightenment" by Isaiah Berlin delves into the writings and ideas of Giambattista Vico, Johann Georg Hamann, and Johann Gottfried Herder, who questioned the underlying assumptions and principles of the Enlightenment project. Berlin examines their distinct critiques, highlighting the diverse perspectives they brought to bear on issues of human nature, history, language ...
10. Nov. 2013 · G. Hamann was a pious, cranky dilettante in a peripheral German city. But he was brilliant enough to gain the audience of Kant, Goethe, and Moses Mendelssohn. In Hamann's chaotic and long-ignored writings, Berlin finds the first strong attack on Enlightenment rationalism and a wholly original source of the coming swell of romanticism.
10. Nov. 2013 · These essays on three relatively uncelebrated thinkers are not marginal ruminations, but rather among Berlin's most important studies in the history of ideas. They are integral to his central project: the critical recovery of the ideas of the Counter-Enlightenment and the explanation of its appeal and consequences—both positive and (often) tragic.
Three Critics of the Enlightenment: Vico, Hamann, Herder. Isaiah Berlin. Pimlico, 2000 - History - 382 pages. The A5 format of this book should make it a useful travelling companion, fitting neatly into the glovebox, pocket or bag. It includes road and to ...
In Hamann's railings and the more considered writings of Vico and Herder, Berlin finds critics of the Enlightenment worthy of our careful attention. But he identifies much that is misguided in their rejection of universal values, rationalism, and science. With his customary emphasis on the frightening power of ideas, Berlin traces much of the next centuries' irrationalism and suffering to the ...
A Fourth Critic of the Enlightenment: Michel de Certeau and the ethnography of subjectivity. This paper examines the potential contribution of the work of Michel de Certeau (1925-1986) to anthropological theories of agency, resistance and subjectivity. It argues that de Certeau's work shares….
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