POLS 1000 Lecture : Lecture 23 - Gender Politics
27 Mar 2012
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Immanuel kant, the anthropological basis is the free and autonomous individual. It is when humanity has encouraged to use it own understanding that can give itself rights. Formula: saper aude, courage to use your own understanding. French parliament and reps proclaimed these rights, proclaimed by the people, for the people. The proclamation was proof or evidence that we were free and we were autonomous. No longer must we seek the approval of god, we can directly proclaim things ourselves. Now we no longer need god, legitimacy can now be conferred through human action. Both an break for what came before modernity and came a crucial aspect of modern times. Political critique: of legitimacy from human action is absurd and dangerous because with this proclamation, you put into question, you threaten the institutions that of which withstood the test of time. This institution was indeed attacked and put into question by proclamation of human rights.
