The Enlightenment (18th C) (1 gen 1700 anni – 1 gen 1800 anni)
Descrizione:
The Age of Reason
England = model for the continent
Sense of superiority over other European nations
Patriotism in British society
Rise of “polite” society = “civilising process” (decrease of violence + increase in form of sociability) = people can have conversation + share things after work
Growth of the public sphere = helped to develop bourgeois opinion or the middle class opinion (opinion which is different of the Elite)
French enlightenment = more anti-religious
Knowledge = travels and lots of books about travels
Science = kind of entertainment (=divertissement) can appear to all classes
K = absolute monarch -> people started to question this concept.
Thomas Hobbs = evil and selfish (bad decision) -> need a K
John Locke = H -> natural rights (Life, Liberty, Property)
Montesquieu = Separate power (executive, legislative, judicial)
Rousseau = social contract (agreement btw people) if violated = revolt
Voltaire = separate church and state
Csq = American Revolution (1775-1783) + Fr Rev (1789-1799)
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
18th 19th C
Industrial Revolution
Women's Rights
Napoleonic war
French R...
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