The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

A particularly noteworthy example is your statement that my “critique of postmodernism is used to sanction an uncritical defense of the Enlightenment.” The passage in my first lecture to which ...

Advertisement Advertisement Marinetti’s stronghold over Mussolini has striking parallels to America today—particularly with the rise of the “Dark Enlightenment” movement and its most vocal ...

Why wasn’t it popular enough to be translated earlier? The answer to that question lies within the Polish utopian literature from the Enlightenment. What literary experiments with Utopia were ...

Enlightenment is the ultimate goal of human life. It means to bring in the light of the truth. Why do we need to be enlightened? Because we are living in the darkness of ignorance. We believe in ...