Both “reason” and “rationality” were cornerstones of the Enlightenment, yet some theorists we’ve been studing see them as a lind of ” trap” – or “cage”. Use an aprropriate and orgina; example from social life today to illustrate how “reason ” and ” rationa;ity” could be seen to opress or restrict human individuality. Be sure to identify the specific ideas of a least one of the theorist we’ve read ( Parson, Merton, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse)
sociological theory


