Freedom, equality, enlightenment?

Themed tour on the occasion of World Philosophy Day

Despite the utopias of Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant of an ideal society in which reason, equality and justice prevail, the Enlightenment did not fully realise its claim to create a rational world for all people. Nevertheless, the ideas of the Enlightenment shaped notions of individual freedom, political equality and social justice. The philosophical and ideological foundations of the Enlightenment in the 18th century, which had a decisive influence on the fight for freedom and human rights from France and the USA to Haiti, are explored together with the educational advisors using selected exhibition objects. The dialogue-based tour brings well-known thinkers and newly discovered global voices, such as Phillis Wheatley, from marginalised groups of the 18th century ‘into conversation’ with each other.

Price info: Eintritt frei

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 03/November/2024 12:00 bis 13:00 (1 more date)
• Venue Deutsches Historisches Museum
• Address Hinter dem Gießhaus 3, 10117 Berlin-Mitte