Enlightenment
Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to:
Age of Enlightenment
- Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing (alphabetically by country or culture):
- England: Midlands Enlightenment, period in 18th-century England
- Greece: Modern Greek Enlightenment, an 18th-century national revival and educational movement in Greece
- Italy: Italian Enlightenment, period in 18th-century Italy
- Jewish: Haskalah, Jewish Enlightenment, movement among European Jews in the late 18th century
- Poland: Enlightenment in Poland, ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland
- Russia: Russian Enlightenment, 18th-century period of active government encouragement of proliferation of arts and sciences in Russia
- Scotland: Scottish Enlightenment, period in 18th-century Scotland
- Spain: Enlightenment in Spain, came to Spain with a new dynasty, the Bourbons, subsequent reform and 'enlightened despotism'
- USA: American Enlightenment, intellectual culture of the British North American colonies and the early United States
Computing
- Enlightenment (software), an X Window System window manager
- Enlighten (radiosity engine), code to do real-time calculation of indirect lighting ("radiosity") in video
- Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, a set of graphics libraries
Culture
Overview
- Enlightenment in Buddhism, translation of the term bodhi "awakening"
- Enlightenment (spiritual), insight or awakening to the true nature of reality
- Ionian Enlightenment, the origin of ancient Greek advances in philosophy and science
Events
- Enlighten Canberra, an annual arts and cultural festival in Canberra, Australia
- "Enlightenment", the main artistic performance in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
Film and television
- Enlightenment (Doctor Who), a 1983 Doctor Who serial
Music
- Enlightenment (Van Morrison album), 1990
- Enlightenment (McCoy Tyner album), 1973
- "Enlightenment" (Van Morrison song), 1990
- Enlightenment (soundtrack album), the soundtrack of the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
Other uses
- Enlightenment Intensive, a group retreat designed to enable a spiritual enlightenment
- Enlightenment Movement (Afghanistan), a Hazara grassroots civil disobedience group created in Afghanistan in 2016
- Project Enlightenment, an educational program
See also
- Counter-Enlightenment, a term used by some 20th century commentators to describe contemporary reasoned opposition to the Age of Enlightenment
- Dark Enlightenment, an anti-democratic and reactionary movement that broadly rejects egalitarianism and Whig historiography
- All pages with titles beginning with Enlighten
- Enlightened (disambiguation)
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