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Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to:

History

• Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual and cultural history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing:
  • Dutch Enlightenment, in the 17th- and 18th-century Netherlands
  • French Enlightenment, in 17th- and 18th-century France
  • Midlands Enlightenment, in the 18th-century English Midlands
  • German Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Germany
  • Austrian Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Austria
  • Modern Greek Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Greece
  • Hungarian Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Hungary
  • Italian Enlightenment, in 18th-century Italy
  • Jewish Haskalah or Jewish Enlightenment, movement among European Jews in the late 18th century
  • Polish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Poland
  • Portuguese Enlightenment, in 18th-century Portugal
  • Romanian Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Romania
  • Russian Enlightenment, in 18th-century Russia
  • Scottish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Scotland
  • Spanish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Spain, under the Bourbons
  • Swedish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Sweden
  • American Enlightenment, in the 18th century in the British North American colonies and the early United States
• Nahda, cultural movement of Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries
• China: May Fourth Movement, in the 1920s, and the New Enlightenment, in the 1980s

Philosophy

• Enlightenment (philosophical concept), the concept of enlightenment in modern and contemporary Western philosophy
• Enlightenment philosophy, the philosophy produced during the Enlightenment (late 17th and 18th centuries)

Religion

• Enlightenment in Buddhism, translation of the term bodhi ("awakening")
• Moksha
• Moksha (Jainism)
• Kevala jnana, awakened knowledge in Jainism
• Divine illumination

Computing

• Enlightenment (window manager), 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

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

• Ionian Enlightenment, the origin of ancient Greek advances in philosophy and science
• Dark Enlightenment, an anti-democratic and reactionary movement that broadly rejects egalitarianism and Whig historiography
• 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
• All pages with titles beginning with Enlighten
• Enlightened (disambiguation)
• Illumination (disambiguation)

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