The Enlightenment: Problems and Pathologies of Modernity according to Jurgen Habermas

The Enlightenment has been criticized for its mistakes and transgressions by philosophers and leaders alike./nThe Enlightenment has been accused of producing many problems for humanity./nThere were philosophers who defended the Enlightenment as having produced positive outcomes for society./nJürgen Habermas thought that the Enlightenment had some problems but believed in reworking and reimagining its project./nHabermas referred to the problems produced by the Enlightenment as the 'pathologies of modernity.'/nHabermas argued that reason was narrowly defined by critics of the Enlightenment./nAdorno and Horkheimer believed that modernity placed too much faith in reason./nAdorno and Horkheimer's book 'The Dialectic of Enlightenment' was influential in critiquing the Enlightenment./nReason in the Enlightenment was limited to making logical statements about the world according to Adorno and Horkheimer.