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3 - The Enlightenment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

David Ricci
David Ricci
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The progressive thinkers of the Enlightenment rejected Christian Europe’s standard Stories which justified rule by monarchs, aristocrats, and clergy. They promoted instead reason rather than tradition and science rather than theology. Their faith in human agency, as expressed by thinkers such as Voltaire, Diderot, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton, amounted to a project based on Humanism. Later, Max Weber pointed out that this part of the Enlightenment amounted to an onset of disenchantment.

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The progressive enlightenmentDisenchantmentHumanismMaxWeber
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Post-Truth American Politics
False Stories and Current Crises
 , pp. 32 - 42
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • The Enlightenment
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.003
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  • The Enlightenment
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
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  • The Enlightenment
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.003
Available formats
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