SOCI-232 Lecture 2: Social and Intellectual Forces
21 Jan 2019
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Enlightenment and counter-enlightenment: big ideas of the 1800s-1900s were circulating and changed thinking with enlightenment thought, the enlightenment is an intellectual movement in the 1700s and crosses into the 1800s. Individual liberty at the center of intellectual level. Equality: all persons are equal to assess and access the truth: political wing of the enlightenment. Trying to find forms of government and self organization that are consistent with philosophies/principles: epistemological dimension. Concerned with the study of knowledge and understanding the world. A challenge to religious views whereas in previous eras, the meaning of line got shaped by religious belief as god has chosen positions, about suffering and life. In the enlightenment era, a new meaning comes from knowledge provided by scientific study. Through the study of the biological world and not religion: darwin. Not being special but just like other animals.
