If you want to read some interesting dissent to the Pinker-esque positivism, try Nicolas Guilhot's review of 'enlightenment now': https://networks.h-net.org/nod

If you want to read some interesting dissent to the Pinker-esque positivism, try Nicolas Guilhot's review of 'enlightenment now': https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/discussions/1993064/h-diplo-commentary-1-enlightenment-now-case-reason-science https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/discussions/1993064/h-... "There is a lot that is wrong with this line of thinking. But what is truly disturbing is not so much the methodological fallacies due to scale as their ethical implications: the ‘big picture’ rhetoric obfuscates massive disparities but it also denies their systemic character."