HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Social Darwinism, Trade Union, Industrial Revolution
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Progress has been built implicitly and explicitly in every political system developed in the west. Medieval perspective was static and societies with static perspectives believed that any change. In the world of the middle ages, human society was static and uncontrollable is a movement away from divinely sanctioned principles that are universally recognized and should not be altered. Idea of an abstract world was limited and saw change as evil and unnecessary. Despite searching quality, the renaissance conformed to this static model. Motivated by men of science, human beings came to believe that forces of nature were. Idea of restoration was operated at a closer distance comprehensible. To the enlightenment, progress was virtually assured through the application of knowledge, reason and science. Reason would change the world and belief existed that the universe would become a better, more rational place. Idea of progress and application of reason ability to change things was completely scientific.
