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<blockquote>''Not to be confused with [[File:Dark_Enlightenment.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism|Dark Enlightenment]]''</blockquote>
<blockquote>''Not to be confused with [[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism|Dark Enlightenment]] [[File:Dark_Enlightenment.png]]''</blockquote>
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|title=[[File:CountEn.png]] Counter-Enlightenment
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|caption="The Enlightenment and its Consequences have been a disaster for the Human Race."
|caption="Theatra obscura operibus obscuris prosunt"
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Counter-Illuminism<br>
[[File:AntiModern.png]] Anti-Enlightenment<br>
Counter-Reinassecentism<br>
[[File:Romanticism.png]] Romanticism<br>
Obscurantism<br>
Extingusher<br>
[[File:Romanticism.png]] Romanticism
[[File:MC&D.png]] Mr. Dark<br>
[[File:Hangman.png]] Medieval Executioner<br>
{{Alias|Enlightenment.png|Enlightenment Thought|Obscurantism}}<br>
<s>[[File:Psychoreact.png]] Psychopathic Reactionaryism (Executioner persona)</s><br>
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}}
|alignments=[[File:Nonquadrant.png]] [[:Category:Non-Quadrant|Non-Quadrant]]<br>
|alignments=
[[File:InfReactionaryism.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Right|Culturally Reactionary]]<br>
[[File:Nonquadrant.png|link=:Category:Non-Quadrant]] [[:Category:Non-Quadrant|{{Color|#FFFFFF|'''Non-Quadrant'''}}]]<br> [[File:InfReactionaryism.png|link=:Category:Culturally Right]] [[:Category:Culturally Right|{{Color|#6AA84F|'''Culturally Reactionary'''}}]]<br> [[File:Reactcross.png]] [[:Category:Reactionary|{{Color|#FFE74D|'''Reactionary'''}}]]<br>{{Info/Obscurantists}}
[[File:React.png]] [[:Category:Reactionary|Reactionary]] <br> {{info/Obscurantists}}
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|influences=[[File:Anti-Humanism.png]] [[Anti-Humanism]]<br>
[[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism]] (Most)<br>
[[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism]] (most)<br>
[[File:ProtTheo.png]] [[Protestant Theocracy]]<br>
[[File:ProtTheo.png]] [[Protestant Theocracy]]<br>
[[File:Trad.png]] [[Traditionalism]]
[[File:Trad.png]] [[Traditionalism]]
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[[File:React.png]] [[Reactionaryism]]<br>
|influenced=<div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:200px; background:transparent;">
[[File:Paetel.png]] [[National Bolshevism|Paetelism]]<br>
[[File:Reactcross.png]] [[Reactionaryism]]<br>
[[File:Paetel.png]] [[Paetelism]]<br>
[[File:Carlism.png]] [[Carlism]]
[[File:Carlism.png]] [[Carlism]]
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*[[File:Romanticism.png]] '''Romanticism''' {{Collapse|
[[File:Romanticism.png]] '''Romanticism''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:AntiIndust.png]] Anti-Industrialism
*[[File:AntiIndust.png]] Anti-Industrialism
**[[File:Anti-Science.png]] Anti-Science
*[[File:Anti-Science.png]] Anti-Science (accused)
**[[File:Arist.png]] [[Aristocracy]]
*[[File:Arist.png]] [[Aristocracy]]
**[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy]] (some)
*[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy]] (some)
**[[File:Conlib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism]] (some)
*[[File:LibCountEn.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism]] (some)
**[[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism]]
*[[File:Eccon.png]] [[Eco-Conservatism]] ([[File:Humboldtianism.png]] Humboldt)
**[[File:FeudSoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|Feudal Socialism]]
*[[File:Farm.png]] [[Agrarianism]]
**[[File:Indiv.png]] {{PCBA|Individualism}}
*[[File:Ludd.png]] [[Luddism]]
**[[File:PagTheo.png]] [[Pagan Theocracy]] (some)
*[[File:FeudSoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|Feudal Socialism]]
**[[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism]] (some)
*[[File:Indiv.png]] {{PCBA|Individualism}}
**[[File:RomanticNationalism.png]] [[Nationalism|Romantic Nationalism]] (some)
*[[File:PagTheo.png]] [[Pagan Theocracy]] (some)
**[[File:Utopianism2.png]] [[Utopian Socialism|Utopianism]]
*[[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism]] (some)
*[[File:RomanticNationalism.png]] [[Nationalism|Romantic Nationalism]] (some)
*[[File:Utopianism2.png]] [[Utopian Socialism|Utopianism]]
}}
}}
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|regional=
*[[File:Humboldtianism.png]] '''Humboldtianism''' {{Collapse|
[[File:Humboldtianism.png]] '''Humboldtianism''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Abolitionism.png]] {{PCBA|Abolitionism}}
*[[File:Abolitionism.png]] [[Abolitionism]]
**[[File:IdealismPhil.png]] {{PCBA|Idealism|Absolute Idealism}}
*[[File:LibCountEn.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism]]
**[[File:LibCountEn.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]]
*[[File:Colonial.png]] {{PCBA|Colonialism}} (sympathetic, allegedly)
**[[File:Colonial.png]] {{PCBA|Colonialism}} (sympathetic, allegedly)
*[[File:Eccon.png]] [[Eco-Conservatism]]
**[[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism]]
*[[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism]] (sympathetic, allegedly)
**[[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism]] (sympathetic, allegedly)
*[[File:Romanticism.png]] {{PCBA|Individualism|Romanticism}}
**[[File:Romanticism.png]] {{PCBA|Individualism|Romanticism}}
*[[File:Scientocracy_Small.png]] [[Scientocracy]]
**[[File:Scientocracy_Small.png]] [[Scientocracy]]
}}
|theorists=[[File:PanAmer.png]] '''Americas''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:AntiModern.png]] [[Traditionalism|Nicolás Gómez Dávila]] (1913-1994)[[File:Cball-Colombia.png]] Colombia
*[[File:Natcon.png]] [[National Conservatism|Yoram Hazony]] (1964-) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel/[[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
*[[File:Norm.png]] [[Satirism|Norm Macdonald]] (1959-2021) [[File:Cball-Canada.png]] Canada<ref>[https://archive.li/9h7Dk "The Enlightenment turned us away from truth and toward a darkling weakening horizon, sad and grey to see. The afterglow of Christianity is near gone now, and a stygian silence lurks in wait."]</ref>
}}
}}
|theorists=[[File:Cball-EU.png]] '''Europe''' {{Collapse|
[[File:Cball-EU.png]] '''Europe''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Giambattista Vico]] (1668-1744) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy  
*[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Giambattista Vico]] (1668-1744) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy  
*[[File:Burke.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Edmund Burke]] (1729-1797) [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] Ireland
*[[File:Burke.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Edmund Burke]] (1729-1797) [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] Ireland
*[[File:CountEn.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Johann Georg Hamann]] (1730-1788) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany  
*[[File:CountEn.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Johann Georg Hamann]] (1730-1788) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany  
*[[File:Joseph-Marie.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Joseph de Maistre]] (1753-1823) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France
*[[File:Joseph-Marie.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Joseph de Maistre]] (1753-1823) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France
*[[File:Humboldtianism.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism|Alexander von Humboldt]] (1769-1859) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
}}
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[[File:Feud.png]] Medieval Times<br>
[[File:Monarch.png]] Monarchy<br>
[[File:Trad.png]] Tradition<br>
<s>Torturing people</s><br>
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[[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought|The Enlightenment]]<br>
[[File:HumanRights.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism|Human rights]]<br>
</div>
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[https://youtu.be/k1-TrAvp_xs Lacrimosa]<br>
[https://youtu.be/0jBc4OjWORw Time and Again] <br>
[https://youtu.be/vSIOtQXmadQ Dark Time] <br>
[https://youtu.be/2IW_81-wn-s Stained Glass] <br>
[https://youtu.be/GcpdD8-czr4 Legend] <br>
<s>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB8o_VdvFpk Darker, Darker, Yet Darker]</s><br>
<s>[https://youtu.be/BYiugu6jez8 12 Minutes of Ck2 death sounds]</s><br>
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|dislikes=[[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought|The Enlightenment]]
{{Quote|
|song=[https://youtu.be/oLrhnZ8_mu0; Xurious - Revolt Against The Modern World]<br>[https://youtu.be/xid2_oEP5ho; Canto dei Sanfedisti]
quote="Men gather the clouds, and then they complain of the tempests that follow."
|speaker=[[File:Joseph-Marie.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Joseph de Maistre]]
}}
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The '''Counter-Enlightenment''' is a movement that represents a general political view opposed to the ideas of the [[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought]] [[File:Enlightenment.png]].
The '''Counter-Enlightenment''' is the umbrella term that represents a general political view opposed to the ideas of the [[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought|Enlightenment]] viewing them as fundamentally misguided at best or plainly evil and degenerate at worst. Enlightenment ideas that are condemned include secularism and materialism, Whig Historigraphy and the notions of social progress, egalitarianism and the Blank Slate Theory, the inherent rights of man as a secular concept, negative freedom, being the absence of external constraints on personal decision making, Nationalism, which may be considered a secular religion to supplant actual religions, Popular soverignty, Humanism which is viewed to be incompatible with many religions, democracy (Including [[File:IllibDem.png]] non-liberal democracy), anti-royalism and republicanism as expressions of Popular Soverignty and many many other enlightenment ideas.
 
Depending on the context, these ideas may be contested from an explicitly religious context, especially from that of an organised religion like Christianity or Islam, the theology of which may explicitly condemn these ideas (liberalism is a sin). In other cases it comes from other foundations such as the nature of man and the nature of history (progressive vs cyclical). Oftentimes these two perspectives compliment each other and function in tandem but sometimes there is a disconnect between what one may call the '''temporal''' perspective and religious perspective.
 
Ironically there is some overlap between enlightenment philosophers and the counter-enlightenment as many held romanticist ideals and condemned other enlightenment ideas such as Reductionism, examples include Hegel and Rousseau being considered the start of the movement.
 
==Personality and Behaviour==
There are two possible depictions for Counter-Enlightenment. The first one is coded to romanticism and its artistic figures and characters from the period's works, being poetic, mystical, and idealist. This version is justified by the connection between romanticist thought and its ideas to the opposition of some enlightenment thought.
 
The second depiction is as a Medieval executioner and torturer the likes of Franz Schmidt, who is extremely cruel and unfeeling to his victims on count of the Anti-Humanist influences, seeing himself as God's executioner. May be drawn with props such as tongs, red hot pokers, saws, knives, and any number of other torture devices from the "Dark Ages". In essence, he is a stereotypical medieval executioner.
 
<s>Due to this mismatch Counter-Enlightenment is cannonically schizophrenic</s>
 
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==Variants==
==Variants==
===[[File:Romanticism.png]] Romanticism [[File:Romanticism2.png]]===
===[[File:Joseph-Marie.png]] [[Integralism|Maistre thought/Theological Counter-Enlightenment]]===
'''Romanticism''' was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and [[File:Indiv.png]] [[W:Individualism|individualism]], clandestine literature, [[File:PagTheo.png]] [[Pagan Theocracy|paganism]], [[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism|idealization of nature]], [[File:Anti-Science.png]] suspicion of science and [[File:AntiIndust.png]] industrialization, and glorification of the past with a strong preference for the [[File:FeudSoc.png]] medieval rather than the classical. It was partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment, and the scientific rationalization of nature. It was embodied most strongly in visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography, education, chess, and the social/natural sciences. It had a significant and complex effect on politics, with romantic thinkers influencing [[File:Conlib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|conservatism]], [[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism|liberalism]], [[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism|radicalism]], and [[File:RomanticNationalism.png]] nationalism.
'''Joseph de Maistre''' saw the consequences of enlightenment; the great terror and the french revolution as the natural consequence of the abandonment of God and Christian morality, in fact viewing them as divine punishment for the hubris of man. He explicitly condemned secular rationalism as a concept upon which governments cannot be built upon, as they would inevitably fall to internal conflict, instead, the Catholic faith should serve the foundation for all authority and government. De Maistre was however (de facto) Christian humanist, justifying some humanist principles from a religious perspective.
 
===[[File:Romanticism.png]] Romanticism===
'''Romanticism''' was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and [[File:Indiv.png]] [[W:Individualism|individualism]], clandestine literature, [[File:PagTheo.png]] [[Pagan Theocracy|paganism]], [[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism|idealization of nature]], [[File:Anti-Science.png]] suspicion of [[Scientocracy|science]] and [[File:AntiIndust.png]] [[Industrialism|industrialization]], and glorification of the past with a strong preference for the [[File:Feud.png]] [[Feudalism|medieval]] rather than the classical. It was partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment, and the scientific rationalization of nature. It was embodied most strongly in visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography, education, chess, and the social/natural sciences. It had a significant and complex effect on politics, with romantic thinkers influencing [[File:Conlib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|conservatism]], [[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism|liberalism]], [[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism|radicalism]], and [[File:RomanticNationalism.png]] [[nationalism]].
 
=== [[File:Hangman.png]] Obscurantism ===
Obscurantism is a philosophy that identify and describe the anti-intellectual practices of deliberately presenting information in an abstruse and imprecise manner that limits further inquiry and understanding of a subject. The two historical and intellectual denotations of obscurantism are:


===[[File:RomanticNationalism.png]] Romantic Nationalism [[File:RomanticNat.png]]===
1. The deliberate restriction of knowledge — opposition to the dissemination of knowledge.
'''WIP'''
 
2. deliberate obscurity — a recondite style of writing characterized by deliberate vagueness.
 
In the 18th century, [[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought|enlightenment]] philosophers applied the term obscurantist to any enemy of intellectual enlightenment and the liberal diffusion of knowledge. In the 19th century, in distinguishing the varieties of obscurantism found in metaphysics and theology, from the "more subtle" obscurantism of the critical philosophy of [[File:Kant.png]] Immanuel Kant and of modern philosophical skepticism, [[File:Nietzsche.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche said that: "The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence."
 
In a way, it is a pejorative term against ideas and philosophies that condemn enlightenment ideals and connceting these movements with anti-intellectualism despite them not being inherently connected: As a result the enlightenment is similarly condemned as false light by reactionaries and counter-enlightenment thinkers like De Maistre.


==Relations==
==Relations==


===Friends===
===Extinguishers===
*[[File:React.png]] [[Reactionaryism]] - Good son that carries on my work.
*[[File:Reactcross.png]] [[Reactionaryism]] - A good son that carries on my work.
*[[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism]] - God save the king!
*[[File:Abmon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism]] - I thank you for employing me, Your Majesty.
*[[File:Feud.png]] [[Feudalism]] - I shall return thou to thy rightful estate!
*[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy]] [[File:Inquisition.png]] - And I thank you, my Lord Cardinal. <s>What do you mean I cannot use as many ordeals on those sinners as I find necessary? And what do you mean the Inquisition followed strict protocol?</s>
*[[File:Tradcon.png]] [[Classical Conservatism]] - Thou hath the right mindset!
*[[File:Feud.png]] [[Feudalism]] - Ahhh... the good olden days...
*[[File:Tradcon.png]] [[Classical Conservatism]] - Thou hast the right mindset!
*[[File:Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy]] - There shouldn't and shan't be a separation of church and state!
*[[File:Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy]] - There shouldn't and shan't be a separation of church and state!
*[[File:Reactsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism]] - The only good socialist.  
*[[File:Reactsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism]] - The only good socialist.
*[[File:Crusadism.png]] [[Crusadism]] - DEUS VULT!
*[[File:Cball-Byzantine.png]] [[Byzantine Model]] - You are everything I ever loved and are also a fan of mutilating political enemies!
*[[File:Heart-Integralism.png]] [[Integralism]] - VIVA CHRISTO REY!
*[[File:Authoritarian Conservatism.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]] and [[File:Franco.png]] [[Francoism]] - Let's commit white terror against promoters of false light.


===Frenemies===
===Morally Gray===
*[[File:Reactlib.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism]] - Uhhh, pardon?
*[[File:Fishe.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Hobbesianism]] - Thou may be an enlightenment philosopher, however, the Leviathan is a neat idea. But thy religious views leave a lot to be desired...
*[[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism]] - So, you are counter-enlightenment too?
*[[File:ReactPix.png]] [[Reactionary Modernism]] - I must insist that the old ways of crime and punishment are still the best.  But we both like Humboldt.
*[[File:Reactlib.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism]] - Pardon?
*[[File:Conlib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism]] - Even more moderate than reactlib, but Burke is pretty good.
*[[File:Reactlib-icon.png]] [[Reactionary Libertarianism]] - I like your ideas, but isn't libertarianism an unholy spawn of the enlightenment?
*[[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism]] - Are you sure you're a reactionary? You seem to have a lot of... enlightenment inspirations.
*[[File:Illum.png]] [[Illuminatism]] - Enlightenment Occultist! But if you become what people call you... Then you'll be perfect. And we both like Consiglio dei Dieci.
*[[File:Krater.png]] [[Kraterocracy]] - Yes, warriors and duels, rejection of "human rights" and stalwartism are great, but I think, that going away from God is wrong path to false strength.
*[[File:Privstrat.png]] [[Stratocracy|Condottiero]] and [[File:Avar.png]] [[Avaritionism|Hitman]] - I can warm your desire to fight for money and godless actions as long as you help me and those whom I represent.
*[[File:RomanticNationalism.png]] [[Nationalism|Romantic Nationalism]] - While Nationalism is a product of the enlightenment, you are most certainly preferable to classical Nationalism.


===Enemies===
===False Light===


*[[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought]] - The true evil of all of history!
*[[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought]] - I will snuff thee out for good, thine ruses about the middle ages don't work anymore!
*[[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]] - They ruined everything!
*[[File:NeoEn.png]] [[Neo-Enlightenment]] - Just another imbecile to snuff out.
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] - Get back to work, peasant!
*[[File:Enlightmon.png]] [[Enlightened Absolutism]] - DAMN THEE BOY! I will have my revenge...
*[[File:Jack.png]] [[Jacobinism]] - I hope to find your severed jaw and preserve it for future generations to spit on.
*[[File:Gramsci.png]] [[Neo-Marxism]] and [[File:Frankfurt.png]] [[Frankfurt School]] - As much as you claim to hate the enlightenment, all of your ideas are inherently in line with it's teachings.
*[[File:Enlightmon.png]] [[Enlightened Absolutism]] - Dammit, the absolutists have betrayed me!
*[[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]] - The punishment for treason is the breaking wheel.
*[[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] [[Revolutionary Progressivism]] - [https://cdn.britannica.com/03/185403-050-CCB82045/drawing-quartering-assassin-Francois-Ravaillac-Henry-IV-1610.jpg ''Come now child, I want to demonstrate why the old ways are still best when dealing with the likes of you!]''
*[[File:Anqueer.png]] [[Queer Anarchism]] - And the pyre for sodomy.
*[[File:Jack.png]] [[Jacobinism]] - I hope to find thy severed jaw and preserve it for future generations to spit on.
*[[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]] - I don't care if swine call you reactionary, all of your ideas are modernist, it just so happens you were abandoned by the mob as they have moved on to the next thing.
*[[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] [[Revolutionary Progressivism]] - ''Dark theatres are best reserved for dark deeds.'' '''*gouges out eyes with a red hot poker*'''
*[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]] - You're not as bad as the previous sinner. I'll give you a lesser punishment. '''*gouges out one eye with a red hot poker*''' Now get out of my sight. Do anything stupid again, and I'll blind you fully.
*[[File:Esofash.png]] [[Esoteric Fascism]] - Dirty Satanic occultist!. Witch hunts and Albigensian Crusade were based.
*[[File:Satan.png]] [[Satanic Theocracy]] - Thou shall be lashed all the way to the pyre. If Lucifer is the "light bringer", I will bring the darkness as a counter.
*[[File:SecSat.png]] [[Secular Satanism]] - Blasphemy deserves no mercy, thou will be crushed to death.
*[[File:Illeg.png]] [[Illegalism]] - Ah, the marauder has finally been caught. God truly is just, as now I will inflict misery that you brought into this world upon your flesh, '''''tenfold!'''''
*[[File:Statlib.png]] [[State Liberalism]] - ''Little tyrant, lost your mandate and your strength, now you lie before me, begging for thy death. Sweet release I tend to grant, but for you... You'll wish the Devil your soul had.''
*[[File:Ford.png]] [[Fordism]] - Wait, you WHAT? I'll have to think of even worse devices to do your crimes justice.


==Further Information==
==Further Information==
For overlapping political theory see:  
For overlapping political theory see:
<center><small>[[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionarism]] or [[File:React.png]] [[Reactionaryism]]</small></center>
<center><small>[[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism|Neoreactionarism]] or [[File:Reactcross.png]] [[Reactionaryism]]</small></center>
===Wikipedia===
===Wikipedia===


*[[w:Counter-Enlightenment|Counter-Enlightenment]]
*[[w:Counter-Enlightenment|Counter-Enlightenment]] [[File:CountEn.png]]
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Hamann Johann Georg Hamann]
*[[W:Johann Georg Hamann|Johann Georg Hamann]] [[File:Reactcross.png]]
**[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm_und_Drang Sturm und Drang]
**[[W:Sturm und Drang|Sturm und Drang]]
*[[File:Joseph-Marie.png]] [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre Joseph de Maistre]
*[[W:Joseph de Maistre|Joseph de Maistre]] [[File:Joseph-Marie.png]]
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Barruel Augustin Barruel]
*[[W:Augustin Barruel|Augustin Barruel]] [[File:Anti-Masonry.png]]


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Not to be confused with Dark Enlightenment


"Men gather the clouds, and then they complain of the tempests that follow."


The Counter-Enlightenment is the umbrella term that represents a general political view opposed to the ideas of the Enlightenment viewing them as fundamentally misguided at best or plainly evil and degenerate at worst. Enlightenment ideas that are condemned include secularism and materialism, Whig Historigraphy and the notions of social progress, egalitarianism and the Blank Slate Theory, the inherent rights of man as a secular concept, negative freedom, being the absence of external constraints on personal decision making, Nationalism, which may be considered a secular religion to supplant actual religions, Popular soverignty, Humanism which is viewed to be incompatible with many religions, democracy (Including non-liberal democracy), anti-royalism and republicanism as expressions of Popular Soverignty and many many other enlightenment ideas.

Depending on the context, these ideas may be contested from an explicitly religious context, especially from that of an organised religion like Christianity or Islam, the theology of which may explicitly condemn these ideas (liberalism is a sin). In other cases it comes from other foundations such as the nature of man and the nature of history (progressive vs cyclical). Oftentimes these two perspectives compliment each other and function in tandem but sometimes there is a disconnect between what one may call the temporal perspective and religious perspective.

Ironically there is some overlap between enlightenment philosophers and the counter-enlightenment as many held romanticist ideals and condemned other enlightenment ideas such as Reductionism, examples include Hegel and Rousseau being considered the start of the movement.

Personality and Behaviour

There are two possible depictions for Counter-Enlightenment. The first one is coded to romanticism and its artistic figures and characters from the period's works, being poetic, mystical, and idealist. This version is justified by the connection between romanticist thought and its ideas to the opposition of some enlightenment thought.

The second depiction is as a Medieval executioner and torturer the likes of Franz Schmidt, who is extremely cruel and unfeeling to his victims on count of the Anti-Humanist influences, seeing himself as God's executioner. May be drawn with props such as tongs, red hot pokers, saws, knives, and any number of other torture devices from the "Dark Ages". In essence, he is a stereotypical medieval executioner.

Due to this mismatch Counter-Enlightenment is cannonically schizophrenic

How to Draw

Flag of Counter-Enlightenment
  1. Draw a ball
  2. Fill it with dark blue
  3. Draw a circle in a darker blue
  4. Draw a circle inside of that circle in a yet darker blue
  5. Draw another, yet darker, circle inside of that circle
  6. Inside of that circle, draw a circle darker than the previous one
  7. Add the eyes and you're done
Color Name HEX RGB
Dark Blue #2C2786 44, 39, 134
Darker Blue #2C2967 44, 41, 103
Darkerer Blue #24224E 36, 34, 78
Darkererer Blue #131236 19, 18, 54
Darkerererer Blue #050429 5, 4, 41


Variants

Maistre thought/Theological Counter-Enlightenment

Joseph de Maistre saw the consequences of enlightenment; the great terror and the french revolution as the natural consequence of the abandonment of God and Christian morality, in fact viewing them as divine punishment for the hubris of man. He explicitly condemned secular rationalism as a concept upon which governments cannot be built upon, as they would inevitably fall to internal conflict, instead, the Catholic faith should serve the foundation for all authority and government. De Maistre was however (de facto) Christian humanist, justifying some humanist principles from a religious perspective.

Romanticism

Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism, clandestine literature, paganism, idealization of nature, suspicion of science and industrialization, and glorification of the past with a strong preference for the medieval rather than the classical. It was partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment, and the scientific rationalization of nature. It was embodied most strongly in visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography, education, chess, and the social/natural sciences. It had a significant and complex effect on politics, with romantic thinkers influencing conservatism, liberalism, radicalism, and nationalism.

Obscurantism

Obscurantism is a philosophy that identify and describe the anti-intellectual practices of deliberately presenting information in an abstruse and imprecise manner that limits further inquiry and understanding of a subject. The two historical and intellectual denotations of obscurantism are:

1. The deliberate restriction of knowledge — opposition to the dissemination of knowledge.

2. deliberate obscurity — a recondite style of writing characterized by deliberate vagueness.

In the 18th century, enlightenment philosophers applied the term obscurantist to any enemy of intellectual enlightenment and the liberal diffusion of knowledge. In the 19th century, in distinguishing the varieties of obscurantism found in metaphysics and theology, from the "more subtle" obscurantism of the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant and of modern philosophical skepticism, Friedrich Nietzsche said that: "The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence."

In a way, it is a pejorative term against ideas and philosophies that condemn enlightenment ideals and connceting these movements with anti-intellectualism despite them not being inherently connected: As a result the enlightenment is similarly condemned as false light by reactionaries and counter-enlightenment thinkers like De Maistre.

Relations

Extinguishers

Morally Gray

  • Hobbesianism - Thou may be an enlightenment philosopher, however, the Leviathan is a neat idea. But thy religious views leave a lot to be desired...
  • Reactionary Modernism - I must insist that the old ways of crime and punishment are still the best. But we both like Humboldt.
  • Reactionary Liberalism - Pardon?
  • Conservative Liberalism - Even more moderate than reactlib, but Burke is pretty good.
  • Reactionary Libertarianism - I like your ideas, but isn't libertarianism an unholy spawn of the enlightenment?
  • Neoreactionaryism - Are you sure you're a reactionary? You seem to have a lot of... enlightenment inspirations.
  • Illuminatism - Enlightenment Occultist! But if you become what people call you... Then you'll be perfect. And we both like Consiglio dei Dieci.
  • Kraterocracy - Yes, warriors and duels, rejection of "human rights" and stalwartism are great, but I think, that going away from God is wrong path to false strength.
  • Condottiero and Hitman - I can warm your desire to fight for money and godless actions as long as you help me and those whom I represent.
  • Romantic Nationalism - While Nationalism is a product of the enlightenment, you are most certainly preferable to classical Nationalism.

False Light

  • Enlightenment Thought - I will snuff thee out for good, thine ruses about the middle ages don't work anymore!
  • Neo-Enlightenment - Just another imbecile to snuff out.
  • Enlightened Absolutism - DAMN THEE BOY! I will have my revenge...
  • Neo-Marxism and Frankfurt School - As much as you claim to hate the enlightenment, all of your ideas are inherently in line with it's teachings.
  • Classical Liberalism - The punishment for treason is the breaking wheel.
  • Queer Anarchism - And the pyre for sodomy.
  • Jacobinism - I hope to find thy severed jaw and preserve it for future generations to spit on.
  • Nationalism - I don't care if swine call you reactionary, all of your ideas are modernist, it just so happens you were abandoned by the mob as they have moved on to the next thing.
  • Revolutionary Progressivism - Dark theatres are best reserved for dark deeds. *gouges out eyes with a red hot poker*
  • Progressivism - You're not as bad as the previous sinner. I'll give you a lesser punishment. *gouges out one eye with a red hot poker* Now get out of my sight. Do anything stupid again, and I'll blind you fully.
  • Esoteric Fascism - Dirty Satanic occultist!. Witch hunts and Albigensian Crusade were based.
  • Satanic Theocracy - Thou shall be lashed all the way to the pyre. If Lucifer is the "light bringer", I will bring the darkness as a counter.
  • Secular Satanism - Blasphemy deserves no mercy, thou will be crushed to death.
  • Illegalism - Ah, the marauder has finally been caught. God truly is just, as now I will inflict misery that you brought into this world upon your flesh, tenfold!
  • State Liberalism - Little tyrant, lost your mandate and your strength, now you lie before me, begging for thy death. Sweet release I tend to grant, but for you... You'll wish the Devil your soul had.
  • Fordism - Wait, you WHAT? I'll have to think of even worse devices to do your crimes justice.

Further Information

For overlapping political theory see:

Neoreactionarism or Reactionaryism

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  1. ↑ "The Enlightenment turned us away from truth and toward a darkling weakening horizon, sad and grey to see. The afterglow of Christianity is near gone now, and a stygian silence lurks in wait."
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