HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Henrik Ibsen, Radical Change, Neurosis
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Read the imperialism section or get the notes. Joseph conrad, heart of darkness (1900) was anti-imperialism. Chinua achebe criticised conrad for his representation of africa. Modern society and the challenge of the irrational. Dynamic relationship between ideas that have a causal force or products of atime. Social darwinism also seemed to provide a socialisation of rationalisation. A good example of how ideas can be a reflection or product of a period. The period of the 1900 was a period massive changes. Industrialisation growth of beaurocracies, modernisation, central powers. A society based on big units rather than small units (such as family, village etc) Ideas as a response or factors of shaping. Figures that used tools a way to measure changes in society, or modernisation. Weber modern life trapped in a cage. Some of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century were 19th century figures. Could be considered the founder of existentialism (strips bare the notion life has external being).
