EPISODE · Sep 2, 2026 · 45 MIN
Post-Enlightenment Society, Part 1: Truth, Reason, and Human Rights
from Sustainability Matters · host De Gruyter Brill
In the first half of this double episode of Sustainability Matters, we ask: what are the roles of truth, objectivity, and reason in society? How should we understand Enlightenment in relation to human rights, racism, slavery, and Eurocentrism? And what do we risk losing when universal standards are replaced by competing narratives? All this and more with Prof. Dr. Markus Tiedemann, author of Post-Enlightenment-Society: What we are losing and what lies ahead, published by De Gruyter Brill. Host: Ramzi Nasir Guest: Prof. Dr. Markus Tiedemann Shownotes: John McWhorter: Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America. Portfolio, New York 2021 ISBN 978-0-593-42306-6. Susan Neiman: Left Is Not Woke, Polity, 2023. Samuel L Jackson on the N-Word: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=595731386&q=Samuel+P+Jackson+N+Wort+Interview+Hamilton:&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIhsjXs8SDAxXERvEDHchvCHcQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1920&bih=947&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5b38504f,vid:cOlNHXQCT_4,st:0
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In the first half of this double episode of Sustainability Matters, we ask: what are the roles of truth, objectivity, and reason in society? How should we understand Enlightenment in relation to human rights, racism, slavery, and Eurocentrism? And what do we risk losing when universal standards are replaced by competing narratives? All this and more with Prof. Dr. Markus Tiedemann, author of Post-Enlightenment-Society: What we are losing and what lies ahead, published by De Gruyter Brill. H...
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