On Rousseau's Critique Of Modernity

Rise of modernity implies removal of modern century from traditional domain and one both sides of the foundation of modern self. By secular discovery of man and nature in the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation shook up religious theology and religious authority of the application for the awakening of consciousness and sense of freedom provide a good atmosphere. Foundation of modern self from the beginning of the enlightenment, is based on rationalism of the Enlightenment, rationality is in the early enlightenment as the cognitive ability of scientific reason, scientific rational in France of enlightenment was first, penetrating to the field of Humanities, humane mental decline. A paradox of modernity exposed: reason and the value of the Foundation on which it targets the main departure from happened to freedom. Rousseau's keen sense of this issue has been identified, he assumed a natural state and civil society in contrast, criticism of rational humanity shelter, as well as rational human alienation in civilized society, and made beyond the ideal blueprint of alienation. Rousseau's criticism is self-criticism of modernity, is the essential part of modern self Foundation established, he passed the criticism of science, reason and enlightenment of humanity, values move the Centre of the enlightenment. But because of the limitations of time and their own, criticism and not out of his field of vision limits of enlightenment and romantic barriers on modern sexual abuse go beyond a "back to the past" road. In posterity, historical perspective, the perspective of rational practice and postmodern perspectives to achieve the vision of the transcendence of Rousseau's criticism of modernity.