- In philosophy, the
terms obscurantism and
obscurationism identify and
describe the anti-intellectual
practices of
deliberately presenting information in...
- of Bavaria. The society's
stated goals were to
oppose superstition,
obscurantism,
religious influence over
public life, and
abuses of
state power. "The...
- to sum up all the
knowledge of his
century and to
fight ignorance and
obscurantism.
During that same century,
Charles Perrault was a
prolific writer of...
- our inventions.
While some
critics have
characterized Joy's
stance as
obscurantism or neo-Luddism,
others share his
concerns about the
consequences of rapidly...
- He
delivered "scathing criticism" of the Boxers' "anti-foreignism and
obscurantism". Sun
praised the
Boxers for
their "spirit of resistance" but called...
- Law
Minister of India, Ram Jethmalani,
called the Act "retrogressive
obscurantism for short-term
minority populism". Gandhi's
colleague Arif
Mohammad Khan...
-
Martha Nussbaum.
Steinem has
frequently voiced her
disapproval of the
obscurantism and
abstractions some
claim to be
prevalent in
feminist academic theorizing...
-
Nietzsche also
distinguishes the
obscurantism of the
metaphysicians and
theologians from the more
subtle obscurantism of Kant's
critical philosophy and...
-
expressed gratitude for "anthology of
blows struck in the
fight against obscurantism and fanaticism" by "the most gifted, the most learned, the most important...
-
Queen of the
Night is seen by some to
represent a
dangerous form of
obscurantism, by
others to
represent Roman Catholic Empress Maria Theresa, who banned...
