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Hard to take seriously anything in an article that says things like > If I was to rewrite the Wikipedia summary of the Enlightenment, my cynical side might jus
by tines 2y ago
Hard to take seriously anything in an article that says things like
> If I was to rewrite the Wikipedia summary of the Enlightenment, my cynical side might just edit it to: An Age in which European men developed a high opinion of themselves as transcendent rational beings steering the chaos of irrational nature, women and the body.
And
> So, when Enlightenment thinkers referred to multi-gendered humans as Man, they were not talking about actual humans, but rather about their one-sided ideal of a rational problem-fixer. It is Man at the helm of the juggernaut of industrial progress, with its militaristic states and megacorporations.
- swatcoder 2y agoThe article has an exhausting flourish, and takes far too long to develop its thesis, but none of that is wrong.
- jdiff 2y agoYour modern sensitivity to misogyny callouts doesn't mean there wasn't rampant misogyny during those times.
- peatmoss 2y agoMy initial thought was that this was generated by an AI as satire.
- Bluestein 2y ago(Doesn't the author kind of hint at that at some point? At least partially AI-composed or 'assisted' ...
- kevingadd 2y agoWhich specific parts of these statements do you object to? And why? Do you believe they're fundamentally misinformed about everything? Or are there specific details you take issue with? So much is being said in the two sentences you quoted it's hard for me to infer what you're objecting to.
- throwaway199129 2y agoMy best guess is that he means the author's characterization of the people themselves. The Enlightenment produced the modern scientific revolution, which arguably led to the largest increase in quality of life since man walked the earth. It also produced a focus on reason and empiricism, which ultimately led to modern civil rights movements and subsequent legislation. When the author attempts to discredit these people's contributions by attacking their character via unfounded accusations of misogyny, it significantly harms their credibility.