A Marxist History of the World part 45: The Enlightenment

http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/a-marxist-history-of-the-world/14591-a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-45-the-enlightenment
Date Written:  2011-09-05
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2011
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14350

What gave the Enlightenment its subversive, politically corrosive character was its critique of institutions and practices which appeared comparatively irrational in the light of modern thinking, argues Neil Faulkner.

Subject Headings

• British History
• Critical Thinking
• Enlightenment, The
• French History
• Intellectuals
• Rational Inquiry