In earlier periods, though a“new” politics and society emerged, the thinkers did not take a complete stance against to the “old” one. However, in the process that started with the Enlightenment, almost everything about the old one became clearer. In this respect, the Enlightenment has risen over an anti-tradition. In other words, the thinkers of the Enlightenment have largely opposed traditional values of society, including religion. At the center of the idea of enlightenment is the concept of “reason”. According to Enlightenment thinkers, social and political projects must be explained with reason (Çiğdem, 2018, p.16). Any reference source that is not mindboggling is acceptable. Therefore, the Enlightenment period is also referred to as “Age of Reason”.