
118: Max Horkheimer & Theodore Adorno - Dialectic of Enlightenment, Part 2
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Dark Wisdom of Enlightenment Morality
This chapter explores the moral contradictions of Western civilization's pursuit of enlightenment often achieved through violence. It uses the character of Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now to illustrate the hypocrisy of noble intentions and calls for a deeper understanding of these complexities for real social change.
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