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Enlightenment did much to increase human consciousness for the liberation of the
human mind. The Enlightenment rationalism became one of the main directions of
development of the European culture not only in the XIXth, but also in the XXth
century. However, the thinkers of the XVIIIth century created new stereotypes: a

‘common sense’ in the public mind, idea of mandatory submission of the will of
one person to the public interests, absolute correctness of the majority of education
under the same equal conditions and equal right of law-abiding citizens of the

limitless possibilities of the person and the right to redraw its discretion in the
world until turning north year.
Questions

1. What are the main features of the rationalist modern culture?
2. What are the functional changes in religion, science, political philosophy and

arts formed a new image of the world and a new understanding of man in the
European culture in the 17-18th centuries?
3. What are the features of the Enlightenment ideology in Eastern Europe?

4. What role did education play in the cultural development of mankind?

References

1. The early european enlightenment:
http://www.historyhaven.com/APWH/unit%203/Cultural%20and%20Intellectu
al%20developments%20in%20Europe.htm

2. What was the Enlightenment https://www.gotquestions.org/Enlightenment-
Christianity.html

3. Kevin J. Flannelly The Reformation and The Enlightenment MassapequaUSA
2017 169 c

Lecture VII

FEATURES OF WORLD CULTURE IN THE XIX – XXth

CENTURIES

Plan

1. Change of the cultural paradigms and system of values.
2. New place of science and industry in the cultural system. Culture and

philosophy.

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