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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdU_mX2K0QM by NYUAD Institute YouTube] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdU_mX2K0QM by NYUAD Institute YouTube] | ||
In many accounts of world history, the Enlightenment occupies a prominent place, marking the beginning of intellectual and cultural modernity. But these narratives have remained deeply Eurocentric. This talk suggests reading the history of Enlightenment as a history of global conjunctures. Claims to Enlightenment were literally co-produced by historical actors from a variety of locations in their attempt to think globally and come to terms with the challenges of an integrating world. | In many accounts of world history, the Enlightenment occupies a prominent place, marking the beginning of intellectual and cultural modernity. But these narratives have remained deeply Eurocentric. This talk suggests reading the history of Enlightenment as a history of global conjunctures. Claims to Enlightenment were literally co-produced by historical actors from a variety of locations in their attempt to think globally and come to terms with the challenges of an integrating world. | ||
=====Enlightenment in Global History: A Historiographical Critique===== | |||
[https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/117/4/999/33183 by Sebastian Conrad 21/9/12 OXFORD ACADEMIC] | |||
The Enlightenment has long held a pivotal place in narratives of world history. It has served as a sign of the modern, and continues to play that role yet today. The standard interpretations, however, have tended to assume, and to perpetuate, a Eurocentric mythology. | |||
