Enlightenment dialogues led to cultural suppression and societal fractures.

Evidence

The dialogues and exchanges, the difficult transactions and misunderstandings, the straightforward clashes which resulted from encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans all over the world created an often deeply troubling history, since much of it resulted in the suppression of peoples and the fracturing of societies. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1315

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1315
• XREF: connects to: Loss of cultural belief leads to chaos and conflict. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 84; Traditional societies and structures can collapse under external pressures; Suppressing truth hinders personal and social development. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 642 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Enlightenment reason reshaped religious providence rather than displacing it #qualifies (0.78) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 122
• Loss of cultural belief leads to chaos and conflict. #corroborates (0.75) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 84
• Traditional societies and structures can collapse under external pressures #expands (0.60)
• Enlightenment thinkers produced contradictory, instrumentally motivated views of Islam #expands (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 91
• Suppressing truth hinders personal and social development. #contradicts (0.50) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 642
• Enlightenment critique domesticated monsters into pathological human degenerates #expands (0.50)
• Enlightenment thinkers retained older anti-Muslim stereotypes #expands (0.45) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 161