counter-Enlightenment thinker

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concept

A counter-Enlightenment thinker is a philosopher or intellectual who critiques or rejects core Enlightenment ideals such as rationalism, universalism, and faith in progress, often emphasizing tradition, particularism, emotion, or authority instead.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
counter-Enlightenment thinker canonical 1
monarchist thinker 1
opponent of humanism 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: counter-Enlightenment thinker
Generated description
A counter-Enlightenment thinker is a philosopher or intellectual who critiques or rejects core Enlightenment ideals such as rationalism, universalism, and faith in progress, often emphasizing tradition, particularism, emotion, or authority instead.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Joseph de Maistre
Noël Beda (as opponent)
surface form: Noël Béda
opponent of humanism
Lev Tikhomirov monarchist thinker