HIST 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: University Of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign, Anti-Clericalism, Toleration
26 Sep 2017
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Unit 1: the age of the french revolution. Lecture 1: the european enlightenment (readings: frontispiece to the diderot encyclopaedia", immanuel kant"s what is enlightenment?") The enlightenment movement: motto/ philosophy: have the courage to use you down independence, backdrop/motivator of revolutionary activity. Satellite centers (areas of main activity) : rome, naples, geneva, london, st petersburg. French enlightenment was anti capitalistic and anti religious. Food for thought: do you think the enlightenment is directly motivating, or just sort of an abstract theory that turned into the revolution?". Features of the enlightenment: free, independent thinking, critique old ideas, practices and institutions. One of the most radical ideas was just because something is old and generally accepted, doesn"t mean it"s correct. Each idea, concept and theory must be interrogated by you individually. Here and now we can generate new knowledge that can critique the ancients: a secular vs religious worldview.
