GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Pentecostalism, William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Shingle Beach
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1861 leaders of public opinion in ireland. 1865 history of the rise and influence of the spirit of rationalism in europe. Lecky had captured the spirit of the times in european intellectual life. Three books with big impact on modern european intellectual life, and each challenged conventional religions understanding. The sea of faith that had enveloped the whole earth was in retreat, an ebbing tide roaring as it dragged the pebbles down dover"s shingle beach. Likewhise lecky as he reviewed 200 years of western cultural history perceived an irreversible flow of enlightenment rationality, marginalizing religions. Weber was pessimistic about the forward march of enlightenment rationality and its claim of progress , a term he invariably placed in quotation marks. Critical edge to the counter-culture: the limitations of a one-dimensional society committed to economic. Kathleen agena"s essay announced the arrival of a number of artistic and cultural genres that seemed to challenge the modernist paradigm.
