HIST104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Age Of Enlightenment, Individualism, Paradigm Shift
6 Jul 2017
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Use of the human reason and scientific knowledge to understand the world, but also human and their societies. Use of human reason to achieve progress. At first it was just england, part of russia and america: believe in science and scientific change. Is all progress: could lead to political and social instability, science and societies = racism. Similarities and differences in elite responses to cultural change. Paradigm shift, among in europe, they played a major role and supported, shift to scientific worldview. Muslim, east asian, not so much: role of the state. Accepted ( or did not understand it) . The growth of the russian empire (imperial expansion east and west ukraine, siberia, Cossacks): china, the qing dynasty from the 1600 to 1900s, conflicts with many countries near china. The ottomans: reached peak of military expansion ( late seventeenth century) Defeated by austrians, russians, due to part to europeans advances in technology.
