SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aristocracy, Cultural Relativism, Soil Fertility
27 Oct 2015
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Iii montesquieu: introduction and background, social science spirit of laws, montesquieu"s classification of society: republic, monarchy, despotism nature and. Types: social phenomena laws cause/effect, conclusions and critique. Iv voltaire: introduction and background, keeping freedom and belief. European 18 th century was a time of colonial expansion and development. * this was a time of hope, more optimism, encouragement about society itself. perfectibility of humanity reforms in education, medicine movements to abolish slavery, farming, markets, architecture, research etc. Scientific methods in their acquires the neoclassical and romantic movements in art there was still intellectual repression: censorship, book burning, advancements of learning. Censorships were very strict in regards to publishing. witch burning continued all over europe peasants suffered severe poverty and powerlessness - torture was widely used for the punishment of the guilty. Accused and seen as a bad person if you are friends with a witch. The age of reason is known as the (enlightenment period).
