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

Religion

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

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

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