Confrontation Between Global and Local Civilizations: Nuclear Power Plant and Local Protests

It is in the 18 th century that science -the pre-eminent example of the analytic management of knowledge -began its refashioning of the world.During the 18 th century capitalism was demonstrated to be a rational and liberal system of economic life, religious superstition came under furious attack, the divine right of kings was shown to be a mere illusion, the idea of continuous progress took hold, and the necessity of universal literacy through education became apparent.1