Enlightenment philosophy

Enlightenment era emphasize the power of human and science. Any supernatural power was denied and people believe that science could resolve the basic questions of all the fields. More interestingly, they believed that under certain level of education, people could improve their live endlessly. Here is a link to the article about philosophy and background of enlightenment.

http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/enlightenment_age.html

By the way, I wonder in which aspects Enlightenment has relation to Romanticism.

Kanye's new video is about this class.

Somebody needs to do a term paper on Kanye's new video, Runaway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W0DMAx8FY

Forest destruction? The border between animals and humans? Gender studies? Sex? American history? Race relations? Pop culture? This video has it all.


Here's one article that highlights some possible interpretations:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1650682/kanye-wests-runaway-very-expressive-media-student.jhtml

"And of course, there's the matter of the phoenix herself, which serves a dual purpose in 'Runaway.' On one hand, she plays into the larger theme of man versus nature; and, on the other, she's a very pretty metaphor for Kayne's triumphant return to the spotlight... 'I think she embraces nature and how, in a sense, we're ignoring it. And how she has fallen and we are trying to civilize her, and she can't; it's destroying her.'"

Bet the spotted owl can't dance . . .