Kant and the Enlightenment: Historical and Sociocultural Context
Historical Background
Kant was born in 1724 and died in 1804. The 18th century began with international conflicts over succession, such as the Spanish Crown, which pitted the European powers against each other. After thirteen years of hostilities, the Austrian Succession War arose in 1740. Britain and France were the main players in this conflict, seeking to improve their economies, expand their territories, and achieve greater hegemony.
This led to two major events of the time: the independence of
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Empowering Communities Through Organizational Practices
1. A Practice for Engaging Organizational Populations in Improving Their Living Conditions
Community Work must be differentiated from other practices that do not have the organizational hub of the population or the formation of a group around a Community Work comunitario. The project builds on the concept of self; without an autonomous collective subject, one cannot talk about Community Work comunitaria. The action or actions that professionals
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Ideology’s Dependence on Language
The ideology depends on the language: “By ideology we mean the set of reflections and refractions in the human brain in social and natural reality, which he expresses and fixed by the word” (Bakhtin, 1929). Ideology is an articulated system of ideas expressed by words. For example, understanding the circumstances of a worker who works 12 hours a day without education, security, and is underpaid… These experiences translate into reality as an abstract concept that
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a distinguished army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire. He served as Turkey’s first president from 1923 until his death in 1938, enacting reforms that rapidly secularized and westernized the nation. As a result, practicing religion in public became difficult and problematic. In his efforts to modernize the country, Mustafa implemented Kemalism (also known as the “Six Arrows”).
These six principles were:
- Republicanism
- Statism
Philosophical Systems: Positivism, Materialism, and Idealism
Positivism is a theoretical attitude that holds that true knowledge is scientific knowledge. It is characterized by its critical attitude towards traditional philosophy, especially metaphysics. Positivism also states that to be scientific, it is therefore true to principles phenomenalism orientativos. The rule (the reality is manifested in phenomena, and the negation of belief in an essence beyond what we see) the rule of nominalism (rule requiring to give value judgments and normative statements)
Read MoreKey Concepts: Liberalism, Revolutions, and Economic Systems
Liberalism
Liberalism is a philosophical, economic, and political ideology that promotes civil liberties. It opposes any form of despotism, giving rise to Republican principles and underlying representative democracy and the separation of powers.
Boston Tea Party
On Tuesday, December 16th, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place. American colonists protested against Great Britain by dumping tea into the water. This event is considered a precursor to the War of Independence of the United States.
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