What does "project" means in this context (emphasis mine)?
Burke would have been especially wary of the Marxian idea of an ideological vanguard committed to the project of human liberties.
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Sign up to join this community"A plan or proposal for accomplishing something." Freedictionary
"A proposal, scheme, or design." Collins
In this case the project (or plan, design) is meant to accomplish "human liberation".