Critique of Enlightenment Rationality §

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• Heidegger’s Critique of Technological Rationality: Martin Heidegger’s critique of technological rationality and the Gestell (enframing) of modern technology can be seen as a critique of the Enlightenment’s emphasis on instrumental reason and the domination of nature.
• Foucault’s Archaeology of Knowledge: In ‘The Archaeology of Knowledge,’ Michel Foucault critiques the Enlightenment’s emphasis on reason and progress by analyzing the historical conditions that make certain forms of knowledge possible and legitimate.
• Deconstruction: Deconstruction, as developed by Jacques Derrida, is a method of critiquing and destabilizing the foundations of Enlightenment rationality and its emphasis on binary oppositions and logocentrism.
• Critique of Instrumental Reason: Thinkers like Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno critique the Enlightenment’s emphasis on instrumental reason, which reduces everything to means-ends calculations and leads to the domination of nature and individuals.
• Postmodernism: Postmodernism is a philosophical movement that critiques Enlightenment rationality and its emphasis on reason, progress, and universal truths.
• Foucault’s Critique of Modernity: Michel Foucault’s work critiques the Enlightenment project of modernity and its emphasis on reason, progress, and the subjugation of individuals through disciplinary power and normalization.
• Postmodern Philosophy: Postmodern philosophy critiques the Enlightenment’s emphasis on reason, objectivity, and universal truths, arguing that these concepts are socially constructed and shaped by power relations.
• Nietzsche’s Critique of Modernity: Friedrich Nietzsche’s critique of modernity and its emphasis on reason, progress, and the will to truth can be seen as a precursor to postmodern critiques of Enlightenment rationality.
• Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment: In their work ‘Dialectic of Enlightenment,’ Horkheimer and Adorno argue that the Enlightenment’s emphasis on reason and progress has led to a new form of myth and domination.
• Rejection of Grand Narratives: The rejection of grand narratives is often seen as a critique of Enlightenment rationality and its claims to universal truth and progress.
• Rejection of Grand Narratives: Postmodern thinkers reject the grand narratives of Enlightenment rationality, such as the idea of universal progress and the emancipation of humanity through reason.
• Derrida’s Critique of Logocentrism: Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction critiques the logocentrism of Enlightenment rationality, which privileges speech over writing and presence over absence, and destabilizes the foundations of Western metaphysics.
• Lyotard’s Postmodern Condition: Jean-François Lyotard’s work ‘The Postmodern Condition’ critiques the Enlightenment’s grand narratives of progress and emancipation through reason, and argues for a recognition of the plurality of language games and incommensurable discourses.