Enlightened absolutism
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Enlightened absolutism was a form of monarchy in 18th-century Europe in which rulers embraced certain Enlightenment ideas—such as legal reform, religious tolerance, and rational administration—while retaining absolute political power.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Enlightened absolutism canonical | 6 |
| Josephinism | 3 |
| Age of Absolutism | 2 |
| Enlightened Absolutism | 1 |
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Target entity: Enlightened absolutism Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, hasPart, Enlightened absolutism]
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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Meiji era
The Meiji era was a transformative period in Japanese history (1868–1912) marked by rapid modernization, industrialization, and the establishment of Western-style political, educational, and social institutions.
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Triumphant Democracy
Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Enlightened absolutism Target entity description: Enlightened absolutism was a form of monarchy in 18th-century Europe in which rulers embraced certain Enlightenment ideas—such as legal reform, religious tolerance, and rational administration—while retaining absolute political power.
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A.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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B.
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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C.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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D.
Meiji era
The Meiji era was a transformative period in Japanese history (1868–1912) marked by rapid modernization, industrialization, and the establishment of Western-style political, educational, and social institutions.
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E.
Triumphant Democracy
Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of government
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monarchy ⓘ political doctrine ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
economic development
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modernization of the state ⓘ strengthening central power ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| appliesToRegion | Europe ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
abolition or limitation of torture
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administrative centralization ⓘ economic liberalization measures ⓘ reform of serfdom ⓘ religious reforms reducing church privileges ⓘ religious toleration edicts ⓘ state-sponsored education reforms ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
|
| characterizedBy |
absolute monarchy
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bureaucratic reform ⓘ centralized authority ⓘ codification of laws ⓘ legal reform ⓘ promotion of education ⓘ rational administration ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ state control over church ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
constitutional monarchy
ⓘ
traditional absolutism ⓘ |
| critiquedBy |
liberal constitutionalists
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republican thinkers ⓘ |
| declinedIn | early 19th century ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | crisis of traditional absolutism ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
benevolent despotism
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enlightened absolutist monarchy ⓘ enlightened despotism ⓘ |
| hasExample |
reign of Catherine II of Russia
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reign of Charles III of Spain ⓘ reign of Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ reign of Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ reign of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ reign of Maria Theresa of Austria ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
enhance welfare of subjects
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increase state efficiency ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept | “ruler as first servant of the state” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
natural law theory
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physiocracy ⓘ rationalism ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ |
| maintains | absolute political power of the monarch ⓘ |
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