{"id":31808,"date":"2026-06-12T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/talk\/in-defence-of-the-enlightenment\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:36:07","slug":"in-defence-of-the-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"talk","link":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/de\/talk\/in-defence-of-the-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"Zur Verteidigung der Aufkl\u00e4rung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Aufkl\u00e4rung war ein H\u00f6hepunkt des menschlichen Denkens. Heute befinden wir uns inmitten eines ideologischen Kampfes gegen die Irrationalit\u00e4t des Kapitalismus, und hier stehen wir Marxisten als Verteidiger des Wesens der Aufkl\u00e4rung. Aber nicht nur das. Dieses au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnliche Kapitel der Menschheitsgeschichte ist eine Fundgrube, aus der wir uns f\u00fcr den Kampf um eine kommunistische Gesellschaft wappnen k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leseliste<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B\u00fccher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-anti-duehring.htm\">Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cAnti-D\u00fchring\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/the-history-of-philosophy\/\">Alan Woods \u2013 \u201cDie Geschichte der Philosophie\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-socialism-utopian-and-scientific.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-socialism-utopian-and-scientific.htm\">Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cDie Entwicklung des Sozialismus von der Utopie zur Wissenschaft\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-ludwig-feuerbach-and-the-end-of-classical-german-philosophy.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-ludwig-feuerbach-and-the-end-of-classical-german-philosophy.htm\">Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cLudwig Feuerbach und der Ausgang der klassischen deutschen Philosophie\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artikel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/the-enlightenment-and-spinoza-s-revolutionary-rationalism.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/the-enlightenment-and-spinoza-s-revolutionary-rationalism.htm\">Hamid Alizadeh \u2013 \u201cDie Aufkl\u00e4rung und Spinozas revolution\u00e4rer Rationalismus\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Age of Enlightenment was a high point in human thought. Today we are in the midst of an ideological struggle against the irrationality of capitalism, and here we as Marxists stand as defenders of the very essence of the Enlightenment. But not only that. This exceptional chapter in human history is a treasure trove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1924,"featured_media":31899,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31808","talk","type-talk","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-day-3-morning-session"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In Defence of the Enlightenment - World School of Communism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/de\/talk\/in-defence-of-the-enlightenment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Defence of the Enlightenment - World School of Communism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Age of Enlightenment was a high point in human thought. 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