
Rethinking the Enlightenment | Historian Aviva Chomsy
Philosophy For Our Times
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This chapter critically reexamines the Enlightenment, confronting the intertwined relationships of its ideals with Eurocentrism, racism, and colonialism. It explores how the celebrated values of liberty and rationality were manipulated to support colonial domination and racial pseudoscience, challenging traditional narratives.
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