That Enlightenment Question Again |
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| Authors: | Chirot Daniel |
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| Institution: | (1) Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, P.O. Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195-3650, USA |
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| Abstract: | Sandall’s complaint that the Enlightenment is in danger is not new as it repeats a long standing complaint about “the betrayal
of the intellectuals”. But the danger today is not from either the Muslim world or from the marginalized academics who pursue
an anti-liberal multicultural agenda that belittles the Western liberal tradition. In the United States the menace comes from
the much more powerful far right that has abandoned America’s Enlightenment tradition. It is time for academics to start teaching
students what that tradition is all about, and why it needs to be defended, but spreading fear about weak and divided Muslim
societies is not the way.
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| Keywords: | Enlightenment Democracy Freedom Fascism Communism |
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