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Enlightenment,Reason And Myth-Analysis Of The Theme Of The Enlightenment Dialectics

Posted on:2020-02-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C C LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330572475951Subject:Marxist philosophy
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Enlightenment is meant to be "brightness".People choose enlightenment because in the darkness,they need to use rational light to disperse,thus leading humanity to light,advocating freedom,equality and democracy,trying to bring humanity at the material and spiritual level.Unprecedented satisfaction and freedom.However,the reality is that after the enlightenment replaced the traditional mythology,it has evolved into another new myth,which makes people live in a rational era of dual enslavement by material and spiritual.The book "Enlightenment Dialectics" by Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno is an important critical theory work in the history of the development of the Frankfurt School.It is not only a summary of previous theoretical research,but also a change of critical theory.The starting point,from social criticism to criticism of reason.Through the elaboration of the relationship between enlightenment and mythology,the idea that "myth is enlightenment and enlightenment retreat into myth" is put forward.Enlightenment leads to self-destruction,which brings misfortune to human beings and reveals deeply the anxiety contained in enlightenment thought.The thought of fear.Faced with this situation,we need to re-examine the meaning of enlightenment in light of historical conditions and realistic environment.The reflection on enlightenment is not to go to the opposite of enlightenment,but to correctly treat the positive and negative effects of enlightenment,to seek to meet the current situation.The actual spirit of enlightenment and ways.This paper reorganizes the theoretical basis and background of the Enlightenment Dialectics,and comprehensively interprets the core ideas of the Enlightenment Dialectics,and analyzes the real dilemmas caused by it and its reference to China,and strives to achieve a new era background.On the basis of theory,let the Enlightenment lead people to find the right path that is truly suitable for human development and enables people to live in harmony with nature.
Keywords/Search Tags:enlightenment, instrumental rationality, materialization, totalitarianism
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