Tag: Enlightenment
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Rousseau: Freedom, Inequality and the Problem of Modern Society
Rousseau’s writings expose the tensions between freedom and dependence in modern society. This essay examines his critique of progress, account of inequality, general will, educational theory, gendered exclusions and contested political legacy.
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Beyond the Age of Reason: Constructing the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was not a single march of reason. This essay reconstructs its competing networks, reforms, religious arguments and later political mythologies.