Counter-Enlightenment

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historical phenomenon intellectual movement philosophical current

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Counter-Enlightenment canonical	8
Hamann's critique of the Enlightenment	1
The Counter-Enlightenment	1

Statements (48)

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	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Georg Hamann → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ

Gottfried → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ

subject surface form: Johann Gottfried Herder

Against the Current → containsEssayOn → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Counter-Enlightenment

Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten → movement → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ

Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten → partOf → Counter-Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamann's critique of the 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 ⓘ