HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - French Revolution, Autarky, Middle Ages
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scientism & progress became ideas that began to inform almost every aspect of life in the 19th century, became ideas connected to western civilization. idea that tomorrow will be better than today, & every generation will be improved. the world is not better because of divine intervention or improvement in mortality on our behalf, but rather due to science. idea that we control our own destinies. many political movements have stated implicitly or explicitly that the future will be brighter due to progress. any improvement in the human condition was left to the next world, this life was a testing ground indicator of whether or not we would be rewarded or not. things would only get better if god made it better. renaissance said to an extent that we are responsible for ourselves. no evidence that god pays attention to what is done on earth.
