The End of Enlightenment
<p>This week David talks to Richard Whatmore and Lea Ypi about what caused the loss of faith in the idea of Enlightenment at the end of the eighteenth century and the parallels with our loss of faith today.&nbsp;Why did hopes for a better, more rational world start to seem like wishful thinking?&nbsp;How was Britain implicated in the demise of Enlightenment ideals?&nbsp;And what might have happened if there had been no French Revolution?</p><br><p>Richard Whatmore’s <a href="https://bit.ly/48xYvjH" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The End of Enlightenment</a> is available now&nbsp;</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
This week David talks to Richard Whatmore and Lea Ypi about what caused the loss of faith in the idea of Enlightenment at the end of the eighteenth century and the parallels with our loss of faith today. Why did hopes for a better, more rational world start to seem like wishful thinking? How was Britain implicated in the demise of Enlightenment ideals? And what might have happened if there had been no French Revolution?
Richard Whatmore’s The End of Enlightenment is available now
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