The World We Want compares the future world that Enlightenment
intellectuals had hoped for with our own world at present. In what
respects do the two worlds differ, and why are they so different?
To what extent is and isn't our world the world they wanted, and to
what extent do we today still want their world? Unlike previous
philosophical critiques and defenses of the Enlightenment, the
present study focuses extensively on the relevant historical and
empirical record first, by examining carefully what kind of future
Enlightenment intellectuals actually hoped for; second, by tracking
the different legacies of their central ideals over the past two
centuries.
But in addition to documenting the significant gap that still
exists between Enlightenment ideals and current realities, the
author also attempts to show why the ideals of the Enlightenment
still elude us. What does our own experience tell us about the
appropriateness of these ideals? Which Enlightenment ideals do not
fit with human nature? Why is meaningful support for these ideals,
particularly within the US, so weak at present? Which of the means
that Enlightenment intellectuals advocated for realizing their
ideals are inefficacious? Which of their ideals have devolved into
distorted versions of themselves when attempts have been made to
realize them? How and why, after more than two centuries, have we
still failed to realize the most significant Enlightenment ideals?
In short, what is dead and what is living in these ideals?
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