Enlightenment Immanuel Kant Analysis

In “What is Enlightenment? ” by Immanuel Kant, he addresses the state in society, and what we must do to help society progress from an “Age of Enlightenment” to an “Enlightened Age”. Society needs to come to a form of being enlightened or in other words the people in society need to become more informed and more knowledgeable. Kant argues firstly, that the individual must be enlightened and in order to achieve enlightenment “must be fully released from self-incurred tutelage”, which is “the release from not having the courage to use our own reason”(1784). Once the individual is enlightened, secondly, the people or the public must be enlightened and therefore need to be free to use public reason so that they may vocalize and verbalize their understanding. WE have the ability to progress and move forward from one state to another. Improvement is the only way society can change. Our fear and our being unaware is what position us in an “age of enlightenment” and not an “enlightened age”.
Firstly, What is self-incurred tutelage? Kant understood it as the main reason for enlightenment. As stated earlier Kant argues that is the lack of courage to reason. Self-incurred tutelage can also be
The process of enlightenment was still in progression. This was and still is what individuals and society are contesting with. The society of Kant’s time was still the “Age of Enlightenment” because the majority of the individuals were still under tutelage that is self- imposed. We are currently in an “Age of Enlightenment”, rather than an “Enlightened Age” because there are many people who do not agree with the opinions of strong individuals or someone who brings forward anopposing claim. People very rarely have original thoughts. We are given the way and means to be in an enlightened age, but only few adhere to that power. As Kant reaffirms, “Sapere