HIST 1003 Chapter : Secular Religions Of The 19th Century History1003
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Isms the secular religions of the nineteenth century. Ideas for changing the metternichian order (the reaction of post 1814) Most are like religion: offering explanations for present conditions and hope for a better world, if only . 4 major strands: classic liberalism (enlightenment"s heir, humanitarianism, romanticism, marxism, classic liberalism and its relatives. Classic liberalism: the answers to present political, economic, and social ills are the restoration of. Natural institutions, laws, and individual freedoms (a marketplace model) Political: monarch and 2 chamber legislature-fairly easy to accept- notables govern, even with ums. Economic: laissez faire-national, lightly regulated and taxed economy allowing the law of the price equation to work. Universal manhood suffrage (ums) and direct election of lower house (or a single house) Religious pietism"s desire for individual moral and social perfections. Enlightenment"s theory that human laws etc create bad people, so change them. Elite values of what makes a good society (noblesee oblige v. ultra economic laissez faire)
