
Theodor Adorno & Max Horkheimer's "The Dialectic of Enlightenment" (Part 1/2)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Enlightenment and the World of Magic
With distance and control, there isn't the possibility for memesis. Because you are just subordinating that which is not yourself. You do not put yourself in a position to become that thing. They say that the enlightenment is marked by a turn from the world of magic into myth, then into enlightenment. And in myth, one of the ways that we see this logic of the enlightenment begin to emerge was that in myth, all problems are effectively resolved. likewise with the enlightenment.
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