There are only subjective “narratives,” or “discourses ... Anyone defending the Enlightenment heritage of reason is progressive and anyone against is reactionary. But this crude dichotomy ...

History,” wrote Winston Churchill, “will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” This oft-cited quip cuts to the heart of a ...

The Legend of the Nine Unknown Men India is a land of myths and mysteries, where history and legend intertwine to create ...

The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

The accommodation of Protestant Christianity with the Enlightenment will continue to hold a place among American narratives as long as "diversity" and "science" remain respected values, and as long as ...

This is the third in a series.] The intentional denial or erasure of African achievements played a crucial role in ...

The trade in human beings, of which he was a victim, was incompatible, not only with natural law and human rights, but also with the spirit of humanism and the rationale of the Enlightenment...’ [iv] ...

Agents of Enlightenment. Changing the Minds in Eighteenth-Century Northern Europe' is a research team and an Academy of Finland research project (2017–2021) working on the reception of the ...