Excellent! But of course Lynn Hunt's insight did not take 200 years to achieve; Kant already said this, after reading Rousseau's novels and essays. As early as 1764, Kant's contention was that culture is the ground of rights and moral progress, and that without sowing seeds of moral sentiment in art and culture, history would never accept universal principles of rights. A good place to see more on this, and a great breakdown of Kant's debt to Rousseau and their reflections on culture, is Richard Velkley's book "Freedom and the End of Reason: On the Moral Foundations of Kant's Critical Philosophy," which is now a classic in the scholarship on the development of the Enlightenment. But this video is excellently made, and it's something that needs to be discussed more often!
It seems like, in some way, the internet reversed the infusion of empathy epistolary novels produced. It didn't necessarily need to have done that. It could have further increased our connections with and understanding of each other, as some people predicted it would. But the way the internet is often used to demean and abuse other people, with almost total impunity, seems to have created a vicious cycle in which we discount the humanity of the people we interact with online to protect against the worst behaviors we're likely to encounter there; but that same act of discounting opens the door to more demeaning and abusive behavior.
I'll be honest, sometimes I haven't said nice things online only because I was able to remain anonymous behind my smartphone. This was a good thing to say!
Thank you for introducing me to Samuel Moyn - he sounds interesting and also wrote a book about Lévinas' concept of the Other (or as Lévinas wrote it l'autre, l'autrui, l'Autre or l'Autrui) which is a fascinating topic as well.
BTW I always learnt the gradual improvement model of history as the "Whig Interpretation of History" but that might be because my education was in 1970s and 1980s when my teachers used those sort of terms because that was what was fashionable when they were being educated.
Hey man I adore your videos and really respect the hustle, you're putting a lot out rn and I really wish you the best. I have a question: do you use After Effects to edit and could you potentially link me to some good resources for learning how to animate/edit like you do? I'm looking to launch my own Video Essay channel and I'd like to do something similar (with my own spins of course, just trying to learn first before i can get creative).
The idea of rights has a beginning and that idea spread to more people. The idea spread to other cultures. At a certain point enough people believed in the idea that it made sense to label those rights "human rights." That is the bigger story here than the spread of the idea of empathy towards others.
This channel is criminally underappreciated. Amazing work
Level of production is insane on this one - Fair play!!
Incredible quality, and great writing. Congrats.
I've never supported anyone on CZcams but I'm seriously considering supporting this channel. The only problem is that I currently lack an income.
You've been on a remarkable streak recently, much love and appreciation
Really impressed by this video, great summary of Moyn's main points and how disruptive they were to the human rights narrative of the time.
Excellent! But of course Lynn Hunt's insight did not take 200 years to achieve; Kant already said this, after reading Rousseau's novels and essays. As early as 1764, Kant's contention was that culture is the ground of rights and moral progress, and that without sowing seeds of moral sentiment in art and culture, history would never accept universal principles of rights. A good place to see more on this, and a great breakdown of Kant's debt to Rousseau and their reflections on culture, is Richard Velkley's book "Freedom and the End of Reason: On the Moral Foundations of Kant's Critical Philosophy," which is now a classic in the scholarship on the development of the Enlightenment. But this video is excellently made, and it's something that needs to be discussed more often!
It seems like, in some way, the internet reversed the infusion of empathy epistolary novels produced. It didn't necessarily need to have done that. It could have further increased our connections with and understanding of each other, as some people predicted it would. But the way the internet is often used to demean and abuse other people, with almost total impunity, seems to have created a vicious cycle in which we discount the humanity of the people we interact with online to protect against the worst behaviors we're likely to encounter there; but that same act of discounting opens the door to more demeaning and abusive behavior.
I'll be honest, sometimes I haven't said nice things online only because I was able to remain anonymous behind my smartphone. This was a good thing to say!
@@TheOnlyVance I have done that, too. :/
Not gonna lie you had me worried with your characterisation for a minute or 2
Great stuff once again, keep up the good work!
this was an absolute joy to watch!
Very insightful.
Thank you for introducing me to Samuel Moyn - he sounds interesting and also wrote a book about Lévinas' concept of the Other (or as Lévinas wrote it l'autre, l'autrui, l'Autre or l'Autrui) which is a fascinating topic as well.
BTW I always learnt the gradual improvement model of history as the "Whig Interpretation of History" but that might be because my education was in 1970s and 1980s when my teachers used those sort of terms because that was what was fashionable when they were being educated.
Very interesting argument.
Hey man I adore your videos and really respect the hustle, you're putting a lot out rn and I really wish you the best. I have a question: do you use After Effects to edit and could you potentially link me to some good resources for learning how to animate/edit like you do? I'm looking to launch my own Video Essay channel and I'd like to do something similar (with my own spins of course, just trying to learn first before i can get creative).
Also curious
Brilliant work. :)
great video this one!
The idea of rights has a beginning and that idea spread to more people. The idea spread to other cultures. At a certain point enough people believed in the idea that it made sense to label those rights "human rights."
That is the bigger story here than the spread of the idea of empathy towards others.
Great video! It seems he hasn't read Don Quixote though...
What is the name of the song at the end of the video?
Why would you put a song from Carmen as the background music for a video on human rights? Lol
I wonder what could increase empathy in the modern world which often looks to lacks empathy more than ever
Marvelous
Demonetized!!!! We out here boys!!!
world is messy
Messy is good.
I would have liked to support you by making a contribution for this video but a one-time contribution is not available it would seem.
Thank you! Very much appreciated! You can so through the link the description :)
*A Surprising New History of Human Rights