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Enlightenment

About: Enlightenment is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6845 publications have been published within this topic receiving 116832 citations.


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19 Sep 2006
TL;DR: The ISIM Annual Lecture on 1 December 2005 at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam as mentioned in this paper has been used as a starting point for a series of studies on the reformation of Shiism in Iraq.
Abstract: Professor Juan Cole delivered the ISIM Annual Lecture on 1 December 2005 at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. He argued that clerically-led Shiism in Iraq is undergoing a sort of reformation, in which leading figures are attempting to reconcile the principles of Islam with those of the Enlightenment. The current attempt by ayatollahs to engage with the ideals of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is among the more thoroughgoing and institutionally promising in modern history. This article is an adjusted version of his lecture.1

27 citations

BookDOI
31 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The cosmopolitan discourse in German and European literary history and history of ideas of the 18th century is the focus of as discussed by the authors, where the authors discuss the concept of cosmopolitanism according to theories by Koselleck, Luhmann, Derrida, Habermas, Gumbrecht, etc.
Abstract: The cosmopolitan discourse in German and European literary history and history of ideas of the 18th century is the focus of this study. The book discusses the concept and history of 'cosmopolitanism' according to theories by Koselleck, Luhmann, Derrida, Habermas, Gumbrecht, etc., and reconstructs this important discourse of the European enlightenment based on the works of Rousseau, Kant, Wieland, Schiller, Jean Paul, Schlegel and Eichendorff against the background of European literary and intellectual history.

27 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that recent attempts to model technology studies on science studies have consequences for approaches to science studies as well, and they argue that the move to technology studies through science studies counts against the existing extreme pictures of science, "enlightenment rationalism", and "constructivisim", which are identified with modernism and postmodernism, respectively.
Abstract: The argument that recent attempts to model technology studies on science studies have consequences for approaches to science studies as well is presented. In particular, the move to technology studies through science studies counts against the existing extreme pictures of science, "enlightenment rationalism," and "constructivisim," which are identified with modernism and postmodernism, respectively. Some components for a moderate "enlightened post-modern synthesis" in naturalism (philosophy of science), interest theory (sociology of science), and systems theory (history of technology) are found

27 citations

Book
01 Nov 2011
TL;DR: Howard as discussed by the authors discusses the relationship between the concept of the political and the rule of law in the Autonomous State and the Origin of the Political in Montesquieu's System of Sovereignty.
Abstract: Foreword by Dick HowardPrefaceIntroduction: Constitutional Violence and Enlightenment Thought1. The Autonomous State and the Origin of the Political2. States of Reasoning: Modern Natural-Law Theory3. Locke's Natural History of the Political4. Systems of Sovereignty in Montesquieu5. Rousseau's Cybernetic Political BodyConclusion: From the Concept of the Political to the Rule of LawNotesIndex

27 citations

BookDOI
29 Jun 2010
TL;DR: A collection of essays by the leading British historian of his generation, Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) is presented in this article, focusing on the writing and understanding of history in the eighteenth century and on the great historians and the intellectual context that inspired their writings.
Abstract: Arguably the leading British historian of his generation, Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) is most celebrated and admired as the author of essays. This volume brings together some of the most original and radical writings of his career-many hitherto inaccessible, one never before published, all demonstrating his piercing intellect, urbane wit, and gift for elegant, vivid narrative. This collection focuses on the writing and understanding of history in the eighteenth century and on the great historians and the intellectual context that inspired or provoked their writings. It combines incisive discussion of such figures as Gibbon, Hume, and Carlyle with broad sweeps of analysis and explication. Essays on the Scottish Enlightenment and the Romantic movement are balanced by intimate portraits of lesser-known historians whose significance Trevor-Roper took particular delight in revealing.

27 citations


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