The perpetual peace projects of the age of the enlightenment

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https://doi.org/10.5377/rlpc.v2i3.10336

Keywords:

Illustration, peace, supranational political entities, Europeanism, Americanism, Democracy

Abstract

The article states that the peace projects of the age of Enlightenment are one of the essential elements of this movement. To address this current, the article starts with a new methodology based on distinguishing between grammatical rules or internal logic of the Enlightenment and its expressions. It argues that the fundamental lines of these projects (participation of every individual in politics, development of democracy, importance of public opinion, respect for equality between peoples and cultures, as well as for their diversity, promotion of culture of peace and creation of Europeanism, Americanism and cosmopolitanism), were part of the grammatical norms or internal logic of the Enlightenment. In a second moment, it seeks to explain that the most important ideas of these peace projects continue today to encourage us to reflect on our problems.

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Author Biography

Francisco Javier Espinosa Antón, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Profesor Titular Universitario de Filosofía en Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha, España). Tiene más de veinte publicaciones sobre Spinoza, filósofos de la Ilustración y algunos pensadores actuales, especialmente en las temáticas del cosmopolitismo, multiculturalismo, la pobreza y la paz. Respecto de la paz, posee doce publicaciones, incluyendo el libro Inventores de la paz (2012) y su edición y traducción de la obra de Cloots La República universal (2019). Ha participado en diversos proyectos de I+D+i, siendo el más reciente y al que se adscribe este artículo: “El desván de la razón: cultivo de las pasiones, identidades éticas y sociedades digitales”, financiado por el Ministerio Ciencia/Innovación/ Universidades de España.

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Published

2020-11-08

How to Cite

Espinosa Antón, F. J. (2020). The perpetual peace projects of the age of the enlightenment. Latin American Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 2(3), 51–68. https://doi.org/10.5377/rlpc.v2i3.10336

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2021)

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Artículos de investigación

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