Answer to Question #320556 in Sociology for ziphe

Question

·      Assess and determine how the Enlightenment changed social ideas and practices on today’s modern society. How did Enlightenment ideas influence society and culture, politics and government.

 

Answer 1

 Enlightenment helped combat the excesses of the church, establish science as a source of knowledge, and defend human rights against tyranny. It also gave rise to modern schooling, medicine, republics and representative democracy