From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58702
Date: 2008-05-20
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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] For MKelkar, Kishore and all those other anti-linguists
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> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
>
>>> We all come from societies where racism is or was an inherent part.
>>> That's an unfortunately inherent trait of humans uninformed by the
>>> Enlightenment.
>
>>I don't understand the reference to 'Enlightenment', although I've
>>seen similar instances of this use many places. The way we were taught
>>history in school, the Absolutist Monarchy in its last stages had a
>>project to educate and enlighten its citizens, seeking legitimacy that
>>way. That doesn't change the fact that Absolutist Monarchy was
>>despotism, and the absolute opposite of democracy. Enlightening in
>>this form is only possible under coercion.
>>Torsten
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> As far as France is concerned,
> I would rather say that Enlightment ("Siècle des lumières" ?) was directed
> against Absolutism and also against Religion(s) (any form)
> and this ultimately caused the fall of the monarchy and a serious decline
> in
> the interest for religious matters.
>
> Arnaud
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I change the thread title.
Arnaud
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