History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET December 2018 History
Who among the following is not associated with the Enlightenment movement?
AEdmund Burke ✓ Correct
BVoltaire
CMontesquieu
DRousseau
Correct answer: (A) Edmund Burke — Edmund Burke is not an Enlightenment thinker, so the answer is Edmund Burke.
Explanation
★Edmund Burke is not an Enlightenment thinker, so the answer is Edmund Burke.
★Edmund Burke is regarded as the father of modern conservatism.
★He criticised the French Revolution in his Reflections on the Revolution in France.
★He stood against the radical reason of the Enlightenment, so he is not of that movement.
★Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau were leading thinkers of the Enlightenment.
★So the one not associated with the Enlightenment is Edmund Burke.
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