HOW DO WE SHAPE A REFORM OF THE 21ST-CENTURY HUMAN WORLD IN AN ENLIGHTENMENT SPIRIT? ON PROJECTS BY ROBERT E. ALLINSON AND MICHAEL H. MITIAS
HOW DO WE SHAPE A REFORM OF THE 21ST-CENTURY HUMAN WORLD IN AN ENLIGHTENMENT SPIRIT? ON PROJECTS BY ROBERT E. ALLINSON AND MICHAEL H. MITIAS
Author(s): Małgorzata CzarnockaSubject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: Robert E. Allinson; Michael H. Mitias; Enlightenment; reform of the 21st-century human world
Summary/Abstract: In this essay I wish to add my voice to Michael H. Mitias’s polemic with Robert E. Allinson’s view that an Enlightenment-driven reform of the human world is desirable, and even necessary. Allinson calls the outcome of such a reform the “New Enlightenment.” I also consider the few main threads of Mitias’s alternative proposal for repairing the human world, which involves the reinterpretation of the Enlightenment ideology, and I strive to show that, contrary to Mitias’s belief, both his and Allinson’s positions have important common points. Moreover, I also take a closer look at Mitias’s project, especially his postulate to begin funding the reforming of the human world in human nature.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 229-242
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English