Have I suggested it is? I thought I'd been clear it was authoritarian & restrictive and anti-liberal.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
you do say it is revolutionary and leftist.... Many don't see it as leftist because it is uninterested in equality and progress.
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Replying to @icarianne2
And I have also argued this! They do tho! They come from this tradition but apply it horribly.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
a narrative that presents the Enlightenment as oppressive as you know
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Replying to @icarianne2
So we go all Foucauldian and change the history so it doesn't seem that way?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
we do what Kenan does: we say that it was born in the West, without equating it strictly with the West. Both statements are true
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think the title is misleading. but there is little I would change in your piece.
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Replying to @icarianne2
So far, accused of defining Trump & Hitler as liberal, neglecting conservative influence & claiming Enlightenment only western
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Helen stop! your piece is excellent! people are commenting on it because they want to engage with you, it's a compliment
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Most are complimentary. Others are valid criticism. Some are criticising things I don't think & haven't said.
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