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Obscurantism
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Obscurantism, also called obscurationism, is a polemical charge of deliberately presenting information in an abstruse and imprecise manner that limits further inquiry and understanding of a subject. O
The term "obscurationism" was coined during debates involving scholar Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522).
The term "obscurationism" was coined during debates involving scholar Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522).
The Marquis de Condorcet, an 18th century philosopher, considered obscurantism as a contributing cause of the French Revolution in 1789.
The Marquis de Condorcet, an 18th century philosopher, considered obscurantism as a contributing cause of the French Revolution in 1789.
The computer scientist Bill Joy proposed controlling the public's access to certain data, information, and knowledge, because the public cannot handle
The computer scientist Bill Joy proposed controlling the public's access to certain data, information, and knowledge, because the public cannot handle the truth.
The economist Friedrich August von Hayek
The economist Friedrich August von Hayek
Anti-intellectualism
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Anti-intellectualism refers to a range of attitudes, characterized by skepticism, mistrust or criticism of intellect, intellectuals, or intellectualism. It is commonly expressed as questioning the val
Obscurantism
…presenting information in an abstruse and imprecise manner that limits further inquiry and understanding of a subject. Obscurantism has been defined as anti-intellectual opposition to the dissemination of knowledge and as writing characterized by deliberate vagueness. In the 18th century, Enlightenment philosophers…
In the Night of the Long Batons (29 July 1966), the federal police physically purged politically incorrect academics who opposed the right-wing milita
In the Night of the Long Batons (29 July 1966), the federal police physically purged politically incorrect academics who opposed the right-wing military dictatorship of Juan Carlos Onganía (1966–1970) in Argentina from five faculties of the University of Buenos Aires.
Some of the Armenian intellectuals who were detained, deported, and killed in the Armenian genocide of 1915
Some of the Armenian intellectuals who were detained, deported, and killed in the Armenian genocide of 1915