{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gulliver's Travels: Satirical Criticism of the Enlightenment","description":"The first real criticism of the Enlightenment can be found in Jonathan Swift\u2019s satirical novel Gulliver\u2019s Travels. While we survey the book, we\u2019ll address the following questions:  How does Swift\u2019s emphasis on human character critique the Enlightenment notion of homo universalis? In what way does Gulliver\u2019s Travels argue that man is not nearly as rational as Enlightenment philosophers have presumed him to be? Why does Swift seem to reject the concept of striving for immortality?  Recommended Reading: Swift, Jonathan.  Gulliver\u2019s Travels. 1726. Reprint, England: Oxford University Press, 2008. This episode of The Pillars is generously sponsored by Denise and Camillo Santomero. If you are interested in sponsoring an episode of The Pillars, we invite you to join the Tikvah Ideas Circle by  clicking here. ","author_name":"The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/545566","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40655310\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40655310"}