PHL 366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Voer, The Great Exhibition, Existentialism
17 Jul 2016
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C"s argument is grounded in enlightenment idead; he believes that the progress of human civilization will be brought about through the consistent application of rational principles. The underground man is more pessimistic about the possibility of progress: we can"t tale technological progress to automatically mean social progress. Built to house the great exhibition of 1851 in london. Remarkable because of its imensisty, ashtonishing speed at which it was built, its use of the altest tech and engineering. Totally constructed artificial world, a human triumph over nature. Became a symbol of modernization in 19th century literature and art. Celebrated as an achievement of human reason, seen in a quasi religious light; as prophetic of the glorious future brought about through science, a secular temple to science and tech. Other, it was greeted with fear and anxiety; the darker side of the triumph of tech and capitalism suppression ofn whatever cannot be broght within the logic profit.
