… autonomy? This article compares the concepts of rationality and autonomy the Enlightenment
… elucidates and critiques the Enlightenment concepts of rationality and autonomy. This is …

… autonomy which becomes, for Castoriadis, the operative concept that replaces the project of
Enlightenment. … the Enlightenment tradition in terms of the quest for autonomy. Clearly, it is …

… around the world may become yet another version of the free, enlightened, liberal West
bringing one more form of supposed emancipation to the unenlightened, traditional, backward …

… In all such discussions the concept of autonomy is the focus of much controversy and debate…
and political philosophy and the Enlightenment conception of the person more generally. …

… Since the Enlightenment at least, the quest for autonomy or selfdetermination has become
a normal preoccupation. Indeed, it is possible to say that the very sense of personhood, …

… Positioning the concept of autonomous art alongside Enlightenment reflections on the
political agency of public culture, we will need to consider how autonomous art functions as a …

… The moral and political theory of the Enlightenment, in short, rested on the autonomy of
abstractly identical rational persons. The practice of criminal punishment put Enlightenment …

… At best, rationally autonomous choosing is likely to steer those with egotistical motivation
towards more ‘enlightened’ self-interest. Many of the ethical objections raised about autonomy …

… We will later come to the implications of this fundamental situation for the project of autonomy
and the idea of effective human freedom. First we have to understand that, to begin with, …

… This paper argues that this view is unfounded but that we need to match the different aspects
of autonomy with the characteristics … A more enlightening way forward must be to abstract …