HIS222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Technological Determinism, Moral Authority
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Local, familiar, predictable, rural (born on the farm, grew up in the cities) Either ended up in ny or georgia. Males: fought for the confederacy or union. You can"t have a good foreign policy if you don"t know what your best interests are . Americans begin to not trust the world they"re in (fought for reasons, don"t know why) On or about december 1910, human character changed . Rapid tech change in industrial society, new inventions challenged the idea that human life was orderly and understandable. Edison will open up a lab dedicated to inventing. Individual experiences in such transformation (loss of secure identities) People were no longer reliable, just another element in flow of industrial society. Dramatic shift in the way people live their lives and see their world. Einstein: some things just can"t be explained. Freud: beyond our control, sexual drives, and ego. Culture: artistic and intellectual representations of the experiences (lit, art, photos, ed, film)
