Obscurantism

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== Restricting knowledge ==
== Restricting knowledge ==
[[File:Marquis de condorcet hd.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|The [[Marquis de Condorcet]], a 18th century philosopher, considered obscurantism as a contributing cause of the French Revolution in 1789.]]
[[File:Marquis de condorcet hd.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|The [[Marquis de Condorcet]], an 18th century philosopher, considered obscurantism as a contributing cause of the French Revolution in 1789.]]
In restricting education and knowledge to a ruling class, obscurantism is [[anti-democratic]] in its components of [[anti-intellectualism]] and social [[elitism]], which exclude the majority of the people, deemed unworthy of knowing the facts about their government and the political and economic affairs of their [[city-state]].Hersh, Seymour, [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/05/12/selective-intelligence "Selective Intelligence"], ''The New Yorker'', 12 May 2003, accessed 29 April 2016.
In restricting education and knowledge to a ruling class, obscurantism is [[anti-democratic]] in its components of [[anti-intellectualism]] and social [[elitism]], which exclude the majority of the people, deemed unworthy of knowing the facts about their government and the political and economic affairs of their [[city-state]].Hersh, Seymour, [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/05/12/selective-intelligence "Selective Intelligence"], ''The New Yorker'', 12 May 2003, accessed 29 April 2016.
Brian Doherty, [http://www.reason.com/9707/fe.bailey.shtml "Origin of the Specious: Why Do Neoconservatives Doubt Darwin?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725170209/http://www.reason.com/9707/fe.bailey.shtml |date=2008-07-25 }} , ''Reason Online'' July 1997, accessed 16 February 2007.
Brian Doherty, [http://www.reason.com/9707/fe.bailey.shtml "Origin of the Specious: Why Do Neoconservatives Doubt Darwin?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725170209/http://www.reason.com/9707/fe.bailey.shtml |date=2008-07-25 }} , ''Reason Online'' July 1997, accessed 16 February 2007.
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