Bei einigen Herrschaften im deutschen Feuilleton hat es sich eingebürgert den Begriff “Aufklärung” nur noch in Anführungszeichen zu setzen oder vor einem “Fundamentalismus der Aufklärung” zu warnen. Dies geschieht heirzulande meist im Zusammenhang mit der Debatte um den Islamismus. Genauso gern wird die Argumentationsfigur mittlerweile im Ökologismus verwendet. Auf diesem Gebiet ist beispielsweise Prinz Charles ganz stolz auf seinen Abschied von der Aufklärung. So berichtet die Daily Mail: “He told the annual conference of The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment at St James’s Palace, London, that he was proud to have been accused of being the ‘enemy of the Enlightenment’. ‘The Enlightenment was the movement in Western philosophy that originated in the 18th century and which saw reason, scientific evidence and critical thinking used to question tradition. I was accused once of being the enemy of the Enlightenment,’ Charles remarked yesterday. ‘I felt rather proud. I thought hang on a moment, the Enlightenment started over 200 years ago. ‘It might be time to think again and review it and question whether it is really effective in today’s conditions, faced as we are with huge challenges all over the world. ‘We cannot go on like this, just imagining that the principles of Enlightenment laid down in the 18th century still apply. I do not think that they do but if you challenge people who hold the Enlightenment as the ultimate answer to everything you really upset them.’ Da wächst zusammen, was zusammen gehört. Danke an Achse-Leser Frank Guenther für den Hinweis.