Enlightenment thought was grounded in the practical rationalization of space and time.

Evidence

The practical rationalization of space and time throughout the eight­ eenth century - a progress marked by the rise of the Ordnance Survey or of systematic cadastral mapping in France at the end of the eighteenth century - formed the context in which Enlightenment thinkers formulated their projects. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1641

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Enlightenment’s fixed temporal order aims to neutralize the past’s power over the present. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 48; Interstate competition drove the rationalization of space and time during the Enlightenment. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1640; Enlightenment spatial schemes were ultimately realized by capitalist modernization — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1592

Broader Connections

• Interstate competition drove the rationalization of space and time during the Enlightenment. #expands (0.85) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1640
• Enlightenment spatial schemes were ultimately realized by capitalist modernization #expands (0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1592