SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Civil Society, Protestant Reformation
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Authority and public opinion: lecture 8: enlightenment: Protestant reformation anti-institutional reaction which puts a great emphasis on individual faith, individual accountability to god, individual interpretation of bible. The individualism is seen into leading into the. Greater emphasis on individual understanding and reflection: the scientific revolution in 1600"s. Need for evidence: institution accords with reason, society would function better, consisting of thinkers who trust reason (and believes it needs to be protected) A symbol of rationality carried too far. Against enlightenment: contested idea (enlightenment as a process, what is enlightenment?" by immanuel kant (1784) Going to treat person who has never heard of enlightenment is a child (someone who hasn"t" heard it, hasn"t reached adulthood) someone who hasn"t heard it is subject to the priest, the authority. Going to tell them to grow up by thinking for themselves. Argue very difficult to grow up intellectually (think for yourself on your own)
