PPT-Enlightenment and History: An Introduction

Lecture 2 Historiography 201819 The question of human agency and human experience The question of historical change and what causes change The question of scale The relationship between particulars and universals or to frame it otherwise between historical facts and their wider meaning . Text pages 518-525. World History Standard 13- Examine the intellectual, political, social, and economic factors that changed the world view of Europeans. . b. Identify the major ideas of the Enlightenment from the writings of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau and their relationship to politics & society. . The Power of Ideas and Thought: 18. th. Century Salon. During the 16. th. and 17. th. century, European scientists used reason to discover laws of nature-. Copernicus, Galileo, Newton. In the early 1700’s Europeans began to wonder about reason, specifically, if people used reason to find laws that governed the physical world, why not use reason to discover natural laws- . Enlightenment. is man's emergence from his self-imposed . mental immaturity. . This immaturity is . the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. . This immaturity is . self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and . Lecture 2: . Historiography 2014/15. Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 . ‘. Enlightenment is mankind’s exit from self-incurred immaturity. . . Immaturity. is the inability to make use of one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. Self-incurred is the inability if its cause lies not in the lack of understanding but rather in the lack of the resolution and the courage to use it without the guidance of another. . Jonathan . Dewald. , . Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Peter Hamilton. , ‘The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science’. Chris Harman, . A People’s History of the World. The Enlightenment… and beyond!. (Or: “How I learned to stop being reasonable and love the guillotine”) . Ahhhh, France!. Truly the land of reason! Why, in France, . … the rats can cook…. … gentle clowns are free to explore invisible boxes…. Standard: The Student will demonstrate knowledge of important historical, cultural, and social events in Europe during the Middle Ages.. Students will demonstrate knowledge of political, economic and social changes in the 18th Century, the Enlightenment.. “Man is born free, and. everywhere he is in . chains.”. -Jean-Jacques Rousseau, . Of the Social Contract. (1762). For Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke,. Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel, slavery is . [5]. RUC, SPRING 2017. PART ONE . MICHEL FOUCAULT. : . WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? . 1 . Today . when a periodical asks its readers a question, it does so in order to collect opinions on some subject about which everyone has an opinion already; there is not much likelihood of learning anything new. In the eighteenth century, editors preferred to question the public on problems that did not yet have solutions. I don't know whether or not that practice was more effective; it was unquestionably more entertaining. . Part 1. Enlightenment. Can Christians accept the Enlightenment, steeped as it was in Deism and denial of Christian tenants? . Should . we use our minds at all if we are fallen creatures incapable of achieving salvation at all? . Chapter 16: Science and Religion. (1450-1750). Science and Enlightenment. Popular interest in science spread throughout Europe. More people used science to explain the universe, not the Church. Monarchs set up academies, observatories, museums. Enlightenment Thinkers Enlightenment Thinker . List his/her country and areas of interest underneath the name. Summarize… . 1. …each person’s philosophy/beliefs . 2. …how this philosopher influenced the creation of America and its government . EQ: Why are current day Pop Stars most likely not members of The Illuminati?. Bellringer. # . 3/11/14. When you see these people what are the first five words that come to your mind?. Better Yet……. Lecture 2: . Historiography 2014/15. Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 . ‘. Enlightenment is mankind’s exit from self-incurred immaturity. . . Immaturity. is the inability to make use of one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. Self-incurred is the inability if its cause lies not in the lack of understanding but rather in the lack of the resolution and the courage to use it without the guidance of another. .