HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Second Industrial Revolution, Meiji Period, Industrial Revolution
2 Oct 2017
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Already covered: features of the first half of the 19th century, need to restore peace and stability, political and social changes (french and industrial revolution, birth of modern ideologies, liberalism, socialism, nationalism. This week: influence of romanticism, emotion, feelings rather than reason, organic spirit inherent in individuals and groups, differences rather than universalism, defined itself in comparison with others (exclusiveness, fichte: address to the german nation, nation (cid:862)i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)ed co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity(cid:863) Stages of nationalism: scholarly interest in national culture, language and folklore (romanticism, patriotic agitation and political movement (led by intellectuals) Common features: centralized state emergence of strong state, major vehicle in reorganizing society, nationalism unified, integrated nation-state, industrialized state second industrial revolution, militarized state. Impact of these features on nationalism: nationalism as the integrating force of nation-state, importance of technology (railways, telegraphs, telephone) center and periphery conduct, newspapers unified culture, national consciousness, universal education- standard language, universal conscription.
