2.4 Enlightenments
Last modified 05/17/2008
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We speak of the 'Enlightenment', but as we have already suggested, there is a
complexity to the phenomenon that eludes later narrow definitions of its
meaning. In fact, there are multiple Enlightenments. In the full examination of
the eonic effect seen in World History And The Eonic Effect, the
discussion is based on the phenomenon of the frontier effect, and the way the
modern transition has non-random clustering in a sector of Eurasian Europe,
correlated to some degree with the partition created by the Protestant
Reformation. This helps us to see the way in which geographical polarization of
the modern transition produces almost a separate Enlightenment in each of the
zones of the frontier area.
In any case, we see multiple Enlightenments associated with the modern transition: the English, the German, the Dutch, the French, etc,... And the relatively late American version, appearing once again, just at the divide, with its great democratic revolution, is a token of the future potential of those who are to receive the fruits of modernity in the process of globalization that will succeed the divide. A useful point here is to reiterate the multidimensional nature of the Enlightenment, and to, more specifically, consider the 'running commentary' on the Enlightenment given by the German Enlightenment as this proceeds from the era of Kant. |
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