{"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":"2026-07-14T17:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:14:26","slug":"in-defence-of-the-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"talk","link":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/fr\/talk\/in-defence-of-the-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"En d\u00e9fense des Lumi\u00e8res"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le si\u00e8cle des Lumi\u00e8res figure au sommet de la pens\u00e9e humaine. Alors que nous sommes aujourd\u2019hui engag\u00e9s dans une lutte id\u00e9ologique contre l'irrationalit\u00e9 du capitalisme, nous nous revendiquons, en tant que marxistes, comme les d\u00e9fenseurs de l'essence m\u00eame des Lumi\u00e8res. Mais ce n'est pas tout. Ce chapitre exceptionnel de l'histoire de l'humanit\u00e9 constitue un tr\u00e9sor th\u00e9orique inestimable, o\u00f9 les communistes pourront puiser pour s\u2019armer id\u00e9ologiquement dans les luttes \u00e0 venir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rasmus Jeppesen, du Parti Communiste R\u00e9volutionnaire (RKP) au Danemark, introduira cet expos\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liste de lecture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Livres<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201c Anti-D\u00fchring \u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-anti-duehring.htm\">Anglais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1870s\/anti-duhring\/index.htm\">Espagnol<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/francais\/engels\/works\/1878\/06\/fe18780611.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/francais\/engels\/works\/1878\/06\/fe18780611.htm\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160304042121\/http:\/\/www.mlwerke.de\/me\/me20\/me20_001.htm\">Allemand<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1877\/antiduhring\/index.htm\">Portugais<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alan Woods \u2013 \u201c Histoire de la philosophie \u201d (Chapitre 8 - Descartes, Spinoza et Leibniz) (<a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/the-history-of-philosophy\/\">Anglais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/libreria.comunistasrevolucionarios.org\/producto\/la-historia-de-la-filosofia-una-perspectiva-marxista\/\">Espagnol<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxiste.org\/histoire-de-la-philosophie-chapitre-5-descartes-spinoza-et-leibniz\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201c Socialisme utopique et socialisme scientifique \u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-socialism-utopian-and-scientific.htm\">Anglais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1880s\/dsusc\/\">Espagnol<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxiste.org\/socialisme-utopique-et-socialisme-scientifique\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marxiste.org\/socialisme-utopique-et-socialisme-scientifique\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160304205536\/http:\/\/www.mlwerke.de\/me\/me19\/me19_177.htm\">Allemand<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1880\/socialismo\/index.htm\">Portugais<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201c Ludwig Feuerbach et la fin de la philosophie classique allemande \u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/classics-ludwig-feuerbach-and-the-end-of-classical-german-philosophy.htm\">Anglais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1880s\/feuer\/index.htm\">Espagnol<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxiste.org\/ludwig-feuerbach-et-la-fin-de-la-philosophie-classique-allemande\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marxiste.org\/ludwig-feuerbach-et-la-fin-de-la-philosophie-classique-allemande\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160304192554\/http:\/\/www.mlwerke.de\/me\/me21\/me21_259.htm\">Allemand<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1886\/mes\/fim.htm\">Portugais<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hamid Alizadeh \u2013 \u201c Les Lumi\u00e8res et le rationalisme r\u00e9volutionnaire de Spinoza \u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/the-enlightenment-and-spinoza-s-revolutionary-rationalism.htm\">Anglais<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/la-ilustracion-y-el-racionalismo-revolucionario-de-spinoza.htm\">Espagnol<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/de-verlichting-en-spinoza-s-revolutionaire-rationalisme.htm\">Allemand<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","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 v28.1 - 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\/fr\/talk\/in-defence-of-the-enlightenment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\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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