HUM 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jean-Antoine Watteau, Jonathan Swift, Natural And Legal Rights
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The age of enlightenment 18th century chapter 11. The optimism of reason and it"s promise of utopia: political theory: locke, of civil government . Natural law as unchanging = absolute vs divine plan (so no need for biblical law) Natural law to govern natural society: political application: jefferson, declaration of independence . Natural law as self-evident to reason (no need for religious interpretations) Limits of reason: pessimism in the enlightenment: literature: jonathan swift, modest proposal (1729) p315. Benefits: 1) cut down on catholic population 2) provide meat alternative to pork and venison: visual arts as satire: hogarth p317. Narrative art as satirical criticism of lower and upper class corruptions. Marriage a la mode : superficiality of arranged marriages between middle and upper classes. Middle class attempt to move up a class = corrupting. Fischer, church of 14 saints: p300 / religious opulence! Esthetics vs ethics: music: classical, wolfgang mozart (1756-1719)
