LEADER 04550nam 22006974a 450 001 9910777686803321 005 20230124182535.0 010 $a0-231-50098-X 024 7 $a10.7312/bron12608 035 $a(CKB)1000000000455581 035 $a(EBL)909204 035 $a(OCoLC)826476429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233887 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187497 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233887 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233888 035 $a(PQKB)10764980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000851253 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12368611 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000851253 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10848468 035 $a(PQKB)11181722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909204 035 $a(DE-B1597)458686 035 $a(OCoLC)213305091 035 $a(OCoLC)979574088 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231500982 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183488 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853911 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000455581 100 $a20040102d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReclaiming the enlightenment$b[electronic resource] $etoward a politics of radical engagement /$fStephen Eric Bronner 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-12609-3 311 0 $a0-231-12608-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Interpreting the Enlightenment: Metaphysics, Tradition, and Politics --$t2. In Praise of Progress --$t3. Inventing Liberalism --$t4. The Great Divide: Enlightenment, Counter-Enlightenment, and the Public Sphere --$t5. Abolishing the Ghetto: Anti-Semitism, Racism, and the Other --$t6. The Illusory Dialectic: From Enlightenment to Totalitarianism /$rHorkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor --$t7. Experiencing Reality: The Culture Industry, Subjectivity, and Identity --$t8. Pathways to Freedom: Rights, Reciprocity, and the Cosmopolitan Sensibility --$t9. Renewing the Legacy: Solidarity, Nature, and Ethics --$tIndex 330 $aThis book tackles an obvious yet profound problem of modern political life: the disorientation of intellectuals and activists on the left. As the study of political history and theory has been usurped by cultural criticism, a confusion over the origins and objectives of progressive politics has been the result. Specifically, it has become fashionable for intellectuals to attack the Enlightenment for its imperialism, eurocentrism, and scientism, and for the sexism and racism of some of its major representatives. Although the fact that individual thinkers harbored such prejudices is irrefutable, Stephen Bronner argues that reducing the Enlightenment ethos to these beliefs is wholly unsustainable. With its championing of democracy, equality, cosmopolitanism, and reason-and its vociferous attacks on popular prejudice, religious superstition, and arbitrary abuses of power-the Enlightenment was once hailed as the foundation of all modern, progressive politics. But in 1947, this perspective was dramatically undermined when Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno published their classic work, Dialectic of Enlightenment, which claims that the Enlightenment was the source of totalitarianism and the worst excesses of modernity. Reclaiming the Enlightenment from purely philosophical and cultural interpretations, Bronner shows that its notion of political engagement keeps democracy fresh and alive by providing a practical foundation for fostering institutional accountability, opposing infringements on individual rights, instilling an enduring commitment to social reform, and building a cosmopolitan sensibility. This forceful and timely reinterpretation of the Enlightenment and its powerful influence on contemporary political life is a resounding wake-up call to critics on both the left and the right. 606 $aLiberalism 606 $aEnlightenment 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 615 0$aLiberalism. 615 0$aEnlightenment. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.51 700 $aBronner$b Stephen Eric$f1949-$0265637 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777686803321 996 $aReclaiming the enlightenment$93817706 997 $aUNINA