THE NEXT STEP TO MODERNITY:

Nationalism

WHAT MADE A SOCIETY MODERN?

• Rational thinking inspired by– Scientific Revolution– Enlightenment

• Constitutional government that– Protects natural rights– Maintains stability– Supports expansion of business

• Industrialized economy

WHAT HAPPENED IF…ONE COULDN’T

ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL?

OR THIS GOAL BROUGHT

MORE PROBLEMS?

FRUSTRATION!• Cold/rationale thinking only worked

for some• Problems continued for all

– Whether remained agricultural or became industrial

– Social tension– Desire for more democratic gov’t

• People looked back to a time when things seemed better - nostalgic

• Led to a countermovement – ROMANTICISM – but what’s that?

FAMOUS ROMANTIC POEM

Lord Byron [1788-1824]

1.She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes, and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:

Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.

ROMANTICISM =“REASONED

SENTIMENTALITY”

Motivated by emotionThinking with mind &

HEART

ROMANTIC SOLUTION FOR THE FRUSTRATED…

• The next step to modern: NATIONALISM– Construction of “imagined

communities” aka NATIONS– Defined….

NATIONALISM DEFINED

The map of Europe will be redrawn. The countries of the Peoples, defined by the vote of free men, will arise upon the ruin of the countries of kings and privileged [classes] and between these countries harmony and fraternity will exist…

…fortified by the power and the affection of many millions, all speaking the same language, gifted with the same tendencies, and educated by the same historical tradition, hope, even by your own single effort, to be able to benefit all Humanity…

Giuseppe Mazzini, founder of Young Italy

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