Keywords:
Enlightenment, Critical Theory, globalization, eurocentrism, modernityAbstract
In this paper, I am pretending to unfold an argument in favor of Enlightenment without ignoring its problems. I have three reasons for such a defense of Enlightenment. Firstly, I believe that the alternatives that impose themselves when we distance ourselves to far from Enlightenment are not very attractive. Secondly, it is my contention that the potential of Enlightenment has not yet been exhausted. Thirdly, I understand Enlightenment as a “critical cultural practice” that prepares us in a very particular way for the global entanglement of human affirs because it pushes us, time and again, to examine our own cultures critically.Downloads
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