the early 1900’s, observed many changes take place in France. The changes experienced with the 1848 Revolution brought about a consciousness of what was depicted in the paintings of the Romanticism movement. Emotion and imagination, more exotic than common, of the individual used to express the forces of nature and human behavior captivated Romanticism artists. (Galkitz, K.C., 2004) The revolution brought about the downfall of the monarchy of Louis-Philippe and the formation of the
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opportunity to experience it and learn, fueling the entire sense of individualism. The Enlightenment caused the enlightenment despots which led to religious tolerance in countries that enacted the certain despot. When people were introduced to equal rights, they didn’t just make it a gender or race issue, they included religion. This is where religious tolerance in the government originated. Enlightenment despots led to the end of censorships in society in some countries. The end of censorship is very
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the pillars of human life. From this basic concept the economic ideas of laissez-faire economics and free markets are developed. Further on, democracy naturally stems from this idea that people are autonomous, rational, free agents that are capable of having decision making power and thus elect the best person possible amongst a pool of potential candidates. This ideology resonated with many social elites in Latin America as it justified their position in the world. The revolutions and wars of
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Jeremy Bentham argues that “Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible [i.e. inalienable] rights, rhetorical nonsense,—nonsense upon stilts. ”Bentham will eventually conclude not only that these ideas are meaningless, but also quite dangerous. John Stuart Mill continues this mode of thought commenting on the types of dangers within the principles of utility stating that happiness is the end of all means. In The Philosophy of Human Rights by Patrick Hayden, he summarizes John
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origins. Conservatism was galvanised as a movement as a result of its rejection of the liberal ideas of the enlightenment on the basis of a negative view of human nature Conservatism at least in terms of its roots is thus, fundamentally reactive – indeed this can even be seen in the title of Burke’s work – Reflections on the Revolution in France This reactive nature can be seen to be reflected in Conservatism’s Summum Bonum – it is pragmatic as opposed to ideological – the preservation of
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（1） In 1945, just after World War II, the alliance between the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union ended. An intense rivalry between communist and non-communist nations led to the Cold War. It's called the Cold War because it never led to armed or "hot" conflict. At the end of World War II, at the Yalta Conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Berlin was also divided into four sections. Lack of
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Voltaire's Candide is heavily characterized by the primary concerns of the Enlightenment, it also criticizes certain aspects of the movement. It attacks the idea of optimism, which states that rational thought can inhibit the evils perpetrated by human beings. Voltaire did not believe in the power of reason to overcome contemporary social conditions. Religious leaders are targeted in this satire. The clergy are men who use their positions to help themselves and not the people. Priests are
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so primitive that Spain thought the area could not be developed. b. hundreds of cultures with nearly 400 different languages. c. one large, common native culture with basically one language. d. only barren landscape without humans. 2. Spain and Portugal were among the first European nations that e. abandoned the feudal system and adopted democracy. f. accepted the authority of a single hereditary monarch for the entire country. g. adopted an
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African Americans the world has ever known. He did so much to make us feel connected with our African American heritage. He would say the things we were thinking but were too afraid to say ourselves. He taught us to stand up for ourselves and our rights as black men. Who knew that a troubled young boy would become a powerful and educated leader? As a young trouble maker doing prison time, it was during his ten years in prison that he educated himself as well as introducing himself to the Nation
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economists, John Locke being one of them. Locke is a man who is often accredited with founding Liberalism, he argued that “each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property” while adding that governments “must not violate these rights based on the social contract”. Revolutions such as the Glorious Revolution in the UK or the French revolution used liberalist ideas to justify overthrowing what they considered to be tyrannical governments. The main core themes of liberalism are individualism
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