… 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, …

… 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 …

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

… a At the same time, it is closely connected to a particularly Western, post-Enlightenment idea
that an adult person is a bounded individual who is able to live her life freely in accordance …

… is to place cultural and political autonomy, as defined by the mobilized … autonomy and the
communal at the center of design. (That this has nothing to do with the individual autonomy …

… 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 …

… Humanism has been seductive partly because of the fantasy of autonomy, “free-will,”
reason, and the idea that we can all strive to realize our human potential that it promises (Fowler, …

… the Enlightened individualistic idea of autonomy. The theory of knowledge objectification
pleads for an idea … individualism inherited from the Enlightenment. It seeks rather to promote a …

… 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 …

… This product-oriented view of education contrasted dramatically with that of the enlightened
educators cited above. They saw the system as serving the learner. Now learners had …