The new faces of Obscurantism in Western societies: an introduction
Although the West has often seen itself as the spearhead of modernity and universal values through the vast Enlightenment movement, many of its peoples (in Europe and North America) now seem to be turning their backs on the idea of progress and appear to consider it as an outdated 20th century noti...
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Quaderni di Sociologia
2025
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Although the West has often seen itself as the spearhead of modernity and universal values through the vast Enlightenment movement, many of its peoples (in Europe and North America) now seem to be turning their backs on the idea of progress and appear to consider it as an outdated 20th century notion. Indeed, this exhausted notion now seems to evoke a time when social and technological progress was associated with intellectual and even psychological fulfilment on the one hand, equal opportun... |
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