MMW 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Age Of Enlightenment, Expansionist Nationalism
3 Apr 2017
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Do i better understand the future challenges for me and for the world? . Ii) the unresolved question of liberalism or the enlightenment project : the legacy of liberalism a. i) a tradition fraught with contradictions (a. i. 1) Simultaneously affirming the rights of the individual, as well as the need for that individual to conform. What does it stand for? b. i) politically b. ii) b. iii) socially. Economically: the clash of isms c. i) mmw14 emerging isms during the long 19th century 1789-1914 c. ii) mmw15 clashing isms during the short 20th century 1914 to 1989 c. iii) ongoing clashes? (c. iii. 1) (c. iii. 2) (c. iii. 3) Liberalism vs. different forms of fundamentalisms: emphasis on the beyond d. i) contrary to what some claimed, history did not end in 1989 d. ii) have we acquired the ethical, rational, and spiritual capacity to assure our survival? d. iii)
