Obvious piffle. It's between those who say the Enlightenment invented racism/colonialism vs. those who say that racism/colonialism existed previously (albeit by other names) and Enlightenment values are the best framework for challenging it.
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The people who think Enlightenment didn't massively exacerbate racism/colonialism simply don't know the relevant scholarship.
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Fascistic/far right/magical philosophies are wholly against the Enlightenment, as ridiculous as that is: Rene Guenon and Julius Evola, who Steve Bannon read and quoted, want to return a time before rationalism, do away with liberal/materialistic values, and restore magic.
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That’s only because they haven’t studied the relevant literature re: colonialism/racism, though — Brannon could probably sign on to that part.
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Who is wholly for the Enlightenment? The debate is between people who say it has a complex legacy worth celebrating and building on and those who want to challenge it.
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I'm super into the privileges of titled nobility and internal tariffs, so, toss the whole thing out
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The Enlightenment like the Progressive Era and every other period of human advancement is a mixed bag -- some vital, revolutionary advancements combined with some patterns of thought and behavior that are,by today's standard, unthinkably wrong.
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Well not “debate” so much at the Quilette crowd wanted an excuse to portray a left wing black man as anti-Science and against Western civ. It’s all peacocking and signalling. Nothing honest or sincere.
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but how will i ever make a highly prejudicial and agendised rhetorical empty signification in public if i don't have such a loaded term to vomit everywhere?
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