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Revision as of 22:54, 19 December 2023

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!
  • Voltaire - "The ungodly Arch-Villain Voltaire has died like a dog! I have always had God before my eyes, friends who have no religion cannot long be my friends." As the youth say, Rest In Piss bozo, thou shant be missed.
  • 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 its 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

Wikipedia

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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."
  2. ↑ "Poesía Y Sociedad"
  3. ↑ Acto de Vida
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