POL320Y1 Lecture Notes - Liberal Democracy, Cosmopolitanism, Middle Ages
28 Nov 2012
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Reason: criticized the enlightenment view of reason, holistic view of the man, language natural language, reason through it, those languages structure how we think, places it in a historical context and makes it relative. Religion: mystic metaphysics power , infused with religiosity, there is an easy going back and forth b/w religion and philosophy, in enlightenment though, there is a clear separation. Equality: implicitly has a view of equality, no individual (enlightenment, pluralistic, of cultures, nationalism absent imperialism, colonialism bellicose nationalism, all nations are equal. Fraternity: central, does not use the term, community and the notion of rights, family of connections. Intellectual movement similarities b/w people, but many differences. Mostly philosophical, there is some spill over into art and aesthetics. Greatest articulation in art, poetry, music, etc. Very influences as a counter to enlightenment. Enlightenment main stream to western though. Sells his soul to the devil to get all the knowledge he wants.
