HIST 102 Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - World War I, Triple Entente, French Third Republic
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French term for the end of the century (19th) Rise of great hope, high spirits, increase in fear/anxiety. Anxieties about where their empires and societies were headed and what challenges were ahead. Image - blowing bubbles that represent tranquility, prosperity, glory. Emergence of mass society, rising power of workers movements (inspired by marx) Anxieties about threats posed by africans, irish, etc. Fear about purity of race, weakening of races by mixing them. Worried about italians, jews, catholics etc. coming in. Jews were seen as responsible for socialist movement. Jews tied with terrorism, seen as a different race. Appropriation and misrepresentation of darwin"s theory of evolution/natural selection. Society should be made to weed out its weakest elements and allow only the strongest to survive - through eugenics. Applying darwin"s survival of the fittest to society. Back down through evil effects of urban society, poverty, sexual deviation, and corruption. How do we overcome sense of corruption in society.
