RE103 Lecture Notes - Scientific Method, Individualism, Libido
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Romanticism- the context of von goethe"s the sorrows of young werther. Romanticism- originated from europe primarily in france but moved to other european countries and all over. Romanticism - a response to (indicates reflexive action, speaking to and viewing the world differently) Enlightenment- starts to occur in the 1700s and takes flight, arranged marriages that occurred and molds begin to get broken (choosing own spouses, less rigid) Second half of the 17th century (~1660s), heralds the begin of individuality i think therefore i am , there are relationships between other people and the individual (nobility, peasants, etc. ) Key elements (broad thinking in social and scientific issues, the scientific method in which experiments in predicting outcomes that continues to be proven) Rationalism- looking at the world through scientific data and figuring things out through reason. Scientific method- applying it, factual understandings but not speaking to social issues and specifically to people. Individualism- own beliefs become personalized, how people perceive things.
