Counter-Enlightenment

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The Counter-Enlightenment was an intellectual current that criticized Enlightenment rationalism and universalism, emphasizing faith, tradition, history, and the limits of reason.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical phenomenon ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
philosophical current ⓘ
associatedWith Romanticism ⓘ
anti-rationalism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
traditionalism ⓘ
criticized Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
Enlightenment universalism ⓘ
developedIn 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
emphasized cultural diversity ⓘ
faith ⓘ
historical contingency ⓘ
history ⓘ
limits of reason ⓘ
particularism ⓘ
tradition ⓘ
hasKeyTheme authority of tradition ⓘ
critique of abstract natural rights ⓘ
critique of cosmopolitanism ⓘ
critique of individualism ⓘ
critique of revolutionary politics ⓘ
critique of secular humanism ⓘ
critique of secular rationalism ⓘ
cultural particularity ⓘ
defense of established church ⓘ
defense of hierarchical social order ⓘ
defense of monarchy ⓘ
emphasis on custom and precedent ⓘ
emphasis on historical experience ⓘ
emphasis on inherited institutions ⓘ
emphasis on national character ⓘ
emphasis on organic social order ⓘ
emphasis on sentiment and emotion ⓘ
emphasis on the irrational aspects of human life ⓘ
importance of historical context ⓘ
limits of human perfectibility ⓘ
primacy of community over individual ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
skepticism about progress ⓘ
skepticism about universal reason ⓘ
influenced communitarian thought ⓘ
critique of liberalism ⓘ
critique of secularism ⓘ
modern conservatism ⓘ
romantic nationalism ⓘ
opposedTo Enlightenment ⓘ

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Johann Georg Hamann → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
subject linked to: Gottfried
Against the Current → containsEssayOn → The Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment
Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten → partOf → Hamann's critique of the Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment
Aesthetica in nuce → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Kreuzzüge des Philologen → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Fliegender Brief → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Wolken → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Joseph de Maistre → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
The Proper Study of Mankind → mainSubject → Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment
The Proper Study of Mankind → hasPart → The Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment
The Power of Ideas → about → Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment
Concepts and Categories → hasPart → “The Counter-Enlightenment” ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer → ideology → Anti-revolutionary thought ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Enlightenment