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On "The Concept of Enlightenment" (1944), the first essay in this Frankfurt School book of critical theory, "The Dialectic of Enlightenment."
Our authors lay out what they take The Enlightenment to consist of, including some quotes from Francis Bacon, and some ultimately fatal tensions within it that make it no longer serve the humanistic purposes it was created for.
Follow along with us: archive.org/details/pdfy-TJ7HxrAly-MtUP4B/page/n9/mode/2up (PDF p. 22).
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On "The Concept of Enlightenment" (1944), the first essay in this Frankfurt School book of critical theory, "The Dialectic of Enlightenment."
Our authors lay out what they take The Enlightenment to consist of, including some quotes from Francis Bacon, and some ultimately fatal tensions within it that make it no longer serve the humanistic purposes it was created for.
Follow along with us: archive.org/details/pdfy-TJ7HxrAly-MtUP4B/page/n9/mode/2up (PDF p. 22).
Get more Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and Wes at closereadsphilosophy.com. Get additional parts to this and many other discussions at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy. Note that any ads here are inserted by YouTube, with no money going to us. Everything on our Patreon page is ad free.
