Reason, the Enlightenment, and Post-Truth Politics

Rediscovering the dream of the enlightenment

Will post-truth politics put an end to the Enlightenment?

Journalists and politicians have introduced the expressions ‘post-truth world’ and ‘post-truth politics’. Some post-modernists have welcomed this new era. It will, they enthusiastically proclaim, put an end to the Enlightenment Project. This is correct. For the Enlightenment was committed to the pursuit of truth in the face of religious dogma and political bigotry. It advocated empirical science and its methods as opposed to religious judgments based on the Bible or on the authority of the church. It demanded reasons and rational justifications for social institutions inimical to human felicity. And it fought for freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the face of religious and political censorship.

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Abraham Joseph 20 June 2017

A very sensible and timely analysis of present day world reality! Greatly appreciated!

It is like. our age has allowed a lowly species to RULE over us, controlling other institutions, our children's' future, our unique opportunity to live our lives richly!
Who are these people engaged in the profession of Politics? They are a professional group here, well exploiting our still held old myths of RULERS. Democracy, a well-meant system has been distorted, twisted and abused for capturing old thrones, but ruling in the name of People! It is the gravest self-deception of our age with our sense of intelligence.
Political class is at lesser fault; they are here simply to fill a foolish vacuum people still hold in high esteem, the need of a ruler. Despite our democratical system and ideal going on the wrong way, neither the people, our intellectuals and think tanks, our universities are seriously concerned about this tragedy. This article was the first of its kind seen, seriously looking at the age's tragedy.
Politics rules the roost chiefly due to the 'trumpeters' role Media play. Like the political class, it is the way of earning their lives for Media too, as the former provide them adequate news feeds and stories. Following blog link explains the said tragedy:http://thecalamityofmoderndemocraticpolitics.blogspot.in/

But regarding our 'faculty of Reason, differ with the author; Reason is a mystery faculty, that our age needs to deep probe. It's role in scientific and other instances of inferences needed to be seriously studied by our research institutions. Following proposition, giving lots of proof, that Reason works in the role of an internal sense organ that detects 'sense' /order/consistency /unity has been sent to dozens of Universities, but no one showed any interest! It is shared here too:http://philosopherskorner.blogspot.in/