History 2501E Lecture : Ideology, Society, and Politics 1880-1920
18 Jan 2012
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Economic modernization: ideology, society, and politics 1880 1920: the new ideologies: positivism and social darwinism, context y development of various science y 18th century: began seeing use of statistics y. Society is much more secular now: start seeing things in more economic term, society starts to improve, society measures wealth, not religion or family aspects, positivism. Sees society as an organization y theory of knowledge y y emphasizes observation and experimentation y pragmatic looked for progress. Idea of barbarism (rural) vs civilized (city: social darwinism applied to latin america y argentina, carlos bunge civilization and progress is in the city, and the. Joaquin v. gonzalez the great advantages of argentina is not having inferior ethnical elements. Jose ingenieros the white race is superior; gradually the indigenous will assimilate or disappear slowly y bolivia: Strengthens the government: need to be careful with military because it is dangerous if military switches side. police and military need to support government.
