Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to:

Age of Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was a Europe, European Intellect, intellectual and Philosophy, philosophical movement active from the late 17th to early 19th century. Chiefly valuing knowledge gained th ...

, period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing (alphabetically by country or culture): ** Arab Enlightenment or

Nahda The Nahda (, meaning 'the Awakening'), also referred to as the Arab Awakening or Arab Enlightenment, was a cultural movement that flourished in Arabs, Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire, notably in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia, ...

, late 19th to early 20th century ** England:

Midlands Enlightenment The Midlands Enlightenment, also known as the West Midlands Enlightenment or the Birmingham Enlightenment, was a scientific, economic, political, cultural and legal manifestation of the Age of Enlightenment that developed in Birmingham and the wid ...

, period in 18th-century England ** Greece:

Modern Greek Enlightenment The Modern Greek Enlightenment (also known as the Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment; , ''Diafotismós'' / , ''Neoellinikós Diafotismós'') was the Greek expression of the Age of Enlightenment, characterized by an intellectual and philosophical movemen ...

, an 18th-century national revival and educational movement in Greece ** Italy: Italian Enlightenment, period in 18th-century Italy ** Jewish:

Haskalah The ''Haskalah'' (; literally, "wisdom", "erudition" or "education"), often termed the Jewish Enlightenment, was an intellectual movement among the Jews of Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, with a certain influence on those in Wester ...

, 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 The ideas of the Age of Enlightenment () came to History of Spain, Spain in the 18th century with the Spanish royal family, new Bourbon dynasty, following the death of the last House of Habsburg#Spanish Habsburgs: Kings of Spain, Kings of Portugal ...

, came to Spain with a new dynasty, the Bourbons, subsequent reform and 'enlightened despotism' ** United States:

American Enlightenment The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and philosophical fervor in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. The American Enlightenme ...

, intellectual culture of the British North American colonies and the early United States

Religion

Enlightenment in Buddhism The English term ''enlightenment'' is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably ''bodhi'' and ''vimutti''. The abstract noun ''bodhi'' (; Sanskrit: बोधि; Pali: ''bodhi'') means the knowledge or wisdom, or awakene ...

, translation of the term ''bodhi'' ("awakening"} *

Moksha ''Moksha'' (; , '), also called ''vimoksha'', ''vimukti'', and ''mukti'', is a term in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, '' nirvana'', or release. In its soteriological and eschatologic ...

Moksha (Jainism) Sanskrit ' or Prakrit ''mokkha'' refers to the liberation or salvation of a soul from ''Saṃsāra (Jainism), saṃsāra'', the cycle of birth and death. It is a blissful state of existence of a soul, attained after the destruction of all Kar ...

* Kevala jnana, awakened knowledge in Jainism * Divine illumination

Computing

Enlightenment (window manager) Enlightenment, also known simply as E, is a compositing window manager for the X Window System. Since version 0.20, Enlightenment also supports Wayland. It is shipped with some Linux distributions such as Bodhi Linux and Pentoo. Enlightenme ...

, an X Window System window manager * Enlighten (radiosity engine), code to do real-time calculation of indirect lighting ("radiosity") in video *

Enlightenment Foundation Libraries The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) are a set of graphics libraries that grew out of the development of Enlightenment, a window manager and Wayland compositor. The project's focus is to make the EFL a flexible yet powerful and easy t ...

, 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 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