The coil of human transformation is often wound tightly. And, as we have seen in the past, and once set in motion, insurmountable change is at hand. Certain epochs stand out, reshaping not just our ...
Yale political scientist Ian Shapiro admires Tom Paine, the English-born American revolutionary whose 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” galvanized support for independence from Great Britain, whose ...
In this interview, exclusive for CounterPunch, Richard Whatmore discusses his latest book, The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis (Penguin, 2023). In a world that demands highly rational ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Roll over Voltaire and tell Kant and Hobbes the news. The Cleveland Museum of Art has trained focus on the Enlightenment period in Europe (1685–1815, aka “the age of reason”) with ...
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The history of trades -- Drawing: surveying the scene, engineering the machine -- Models: polite toys, useful tools -- Societies: participation, articulation -- Publications: rational explanation, ...
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