CGS SS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Mirandola, Feudalism, Petrarch
6 Apr 2016
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The renaissance experience and the emergence of modern consciousness: the medieval and modern mind sets. Self of individual consciousness that did not exist in medieval europe. Avoid mistakes of past/learn lessons from past. Quest the sociological imagination (brings power: the mean of renaissance . Two meanings: culture movement and historical period. Unique to europe didn"t occur anywhere else in europe (1350-1600: burkhardt, the civilization of the renaissance in italy (1860) = a new pattern of culture. Thesis: modern culture began in italian city states of 14th century. Like benedict, burkhardt saw new pattern of culture developing: source was shift in consciousness emergence of awareness of individual b. Middle ages ethos: individuals have significance on integration with whole. Became spiritual individual and recognizes himself as such: awareness of separateness from rest of society. Awareness of themselves as subjective individuals but also objective to the world.
