HIST 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: P107, Superfluous Man, Dandy
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--romanticism as a reaction to the enlightenment: a common characteristic--- the reaction to cold (scientific) reason, acclaim of creativity, individualism and passions. --different types of romanticism: from conservative to radical. --regarding our readings today, montesquieu should be mentioned as the precursor of complexity and climatic politics. -- an irish in british politics, a conservative whig, which means he advocates the american. -- he says: all circumstances taken together, the french revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world . --the french revolution, according to him, is based on abstract human rights. --the task of designing a government is very complicated. The science of constructing a commonwealth or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other experimental science, not to be taught a priori. Nor is it a short experience that can instruct us in that practical science . -- political processes are complex and sometimes not linear, not direct.
