Den reaktionære tanke

Forfattere

  • Mikkel Thorup Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/kok.v46i126.111737

Nøgleord:

reaktionær; anti-moderne; ulighed; dekadence; degeneration; vold

Resumé

This article explores the basic arguments of reactionary thinking. I argue that reactionary thought originates in an opposition to the Enlightenment and stayed fairly consistent since then, though with local variations around the core. The article first discusses a number of books on reactionary thought before developing the thesis of the genesis of reactionary thought in and around the Enlightenment, not least the opposition to the idea of man as the sovereign creator of his or her own destiny. Then it goes into detail on the specifics of reactionary thought before ending with a few reflections on the contemporary version of reactionary thought.

Forfatterbiografi

Mikkel Thorup, Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet

Professor MSO i politisk og økonomisk idéhistorie ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet. Har af relevans for denne artikel bl.a. udgivet Fornuftens perversion. 200 års kamp mod fornuftens herredømme (Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2008), Statens idéhistorie (Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2015) samt Uhørt! Idéhistorien læser Trump (Baggrund 2017). Arbejder pt. på en bog om demokratiets aktuelle tilstand.

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Publiceret

2018-12-27

Citation/Eksport

Thorup, M. (2018). Den reaktionære tanke. K&K - Kultur Og Klasse, 46(126), 33–52. https://doi.org/10.7146/kok.v46i126.111737