HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Dada, Unconscious Mind, Human Behavior
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Liberal thought seemed to be bankrupt: brought about mechanized slaughter, ww1/franco prussian war. Europe: reaction against rationalism, growing interest in irrational unconscious etc, manifested in whole schools of thought. Sigmund freud: interpretation of dreams, instinctive qualities. Ivan pavlov: scientific experimentation, pavlovs dogs, human behavior programmed, frued didn"t accept pavlov, driven by unconscious mind, id unconscious, ego conscious, society super ego . Suppresses animal behavior: pavlov and freud. Continuation of darwin: implication of their work, rational thought becomes irrational. From thomas moore present: artists began to look at the subconsiouc, reality that doesn"t affect superficial fa ade, mind of artist only reality, books. Appearance is one thing real reality is perception. Major figures become respected artists: kafka. Challenged assumptions of romantic movement real bohemian. No communication between inside self and out irrational movements that surrounded nazi and bolshevik beleifs had roots in freud and irrational thinkers.