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Darkened Enlightenment - The Deterioration of Democracy, Human Rights, and Rational Thought in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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Darkened Enlightenment - The Deterioration of Democracy, Human Rights, and Rational Thought in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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The premise of Darkened Enlightenment is to highlight the fact that
there currently exist a number of socio-political forces that have
the design, or ultimate consequence, of trying to extinguish the
light of reason and rationality. The book presents a critique of
modernity and provides a socio-political and cultural analysis of
world society in the early twenty-first century. Specifically, this
analysis examines the deterioration of democracy, human rights, and
rational thought. Key features include a combination of academic
analysis that draws on numerous and specific examples of the
growing darkness that surrounds us along with a balanced practical,
everyday-life approach to the study of the socio-political world we
live in through the use of popular culture references and featured
boxes. The general audience will also be intrigued by these same
topics that concern academics including: a discussion on the
meaning of "fake news"; attacks on the media and a declaration of
the news media as the "enemy of the people"; the rise of populism
and nationalism around the world; the deterioration of freedom and
human rights globally; the growing economic disparity between the
rich and the poor; attempts to devalue education; a growing
disbelief in science; attacks on the environment; pseudoscience as
a by-product of unreasoned and irrational thinking; the political
swamp; the power elites and the deep state; and the variations of
Big Business that impact our daily lives. This book will make a
great contribution to such fields as sociology, philosophy,
political science, environmental science, public administration,
economics, psychology, and cultural studies.
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