A non-‘hippie’ guide…okay it’s a little hippie…

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism Background An intellectual movement founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a minister who was educated at Harvard. (He was.
Advertisements

Transcendentalism.
A Growing Nation Part II
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism. Why it happened In REBELLION against the rigid way of life of Puritanism.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism. Bell Work – 3 mins. Grab the sheet of notes on the “daily handouts” table. Sit down and start looking over it (you will be quizzed.
Transcendentalism. Mid 1800s American Renaissance - technological growth - publishing increased - reading audience increased Optimism New Ideas - God.
Romanticism Definition  Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19 th century. (1800s)  Romanticism is characterized.
American Literature: TRANSCENDENTALISM.
Transcendentalism.
Introduction to Transcendentalism. What is Transcendentalism? Transcendentalism: Transcendentalism: Is a spiritual belief system Is a spiritual belief.
Transcendentalism. What is Transcendentalism? It is a branch of the tree of American Romanticism. Like the other Romantics, the Transcendentalists celebrated.
Transcendentalism Definition of Transcendentalism Transcendentalism is an American literary, political, and philosophical movement  It was.
Quick Write #1 "When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." —Dr. Wayne Dyer What does this mean to you? What is it asking of.
Introduction to Transcendentalism. What is Transcendentalism? Transcendentalism: Transcendentalism: Is a spiritual belief system Is a spiritual belief.
Keep in mind the historical set of Transcendentalism Political turmoil Social Reform Industrialization Immigration.
Transcendentalism. Background: “transcendentalism” A response to the Industrial Revolution in 1830’s and 1840’s Feared that increasing production in factories.
Transcendentalism:  Began as a reform movement in the Unitarian Church, around 1836  Follows the belief that there is an ideal spiritual state, which.
“Good men must not obey the laws too well.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Transcendentalism. What does “transcendentalism” mean? There is an ideal spiritual state which “transcends” the physical and empirical. A loose collection.
Reform & Culture Part 2. Wednesday’s Warm-Up O Using your textbook define: Transcendentalist O (It is in the glossary; write the whole definition!) O.
Transcendentalism. What does “transcendentalism” mean? There is an ideal spiritual state which “transcends” the physical and empirical. A loose collection.
Transcendentalism. Definitions There is an ideal spiritual state which “transcends” the physical and empirical. There is an ideal spiritual state which.
TRANSCENDENTALISM. WHERE DOES THE NAME TRANSCENDENTALISM COME FROM? Definition of Transcend 1.to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed 2.to outdo.
Answer the following question What does it mean to transcend?
Transcendentalism An important American Literary and Philosophical Movement (though NOT a religion) 1830s to 1860s.
Disclaimer: The following is a brief introduction to the philosophical and literary movement of Transcendentalism, one of the many genres/movements that.
Introduction to Transcendentalism. Transcend: [verb] to go beyond the limits of; exceed; be above and independent of the physical universe.
Transcendentalism Going Beyond Reason. Transcendentalism in philosophy and literature is a belief in a higher reality than that found in sense experience.
Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was an intellectual movement that directly or indirectly affected most of the writers of the New England Renaissance.
Transcendentalism Continuation of notes that began with Romanticism and Anti- Transcendentalism. Put these notes together.
Transcendentalism An important American Literary and Philosophical Movement (though NOT a religion) 1830s to 1860s.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism The Original Hippies
Transcendentalism An important American Literary and Philosophical Movement (though NOT a religion) 1830s to 1860s.
TRANSCENDENTALISM "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon.
American Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was an intellectual movement that directly or indirectly affected most of the writers of the New England Renaissance.
Henry David Thoreau “Government is best which governs least.”
Transcendentalism 1830’s.
Transcendentalism Going Beyond Reason.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism.
“Kindred Spirits” -Asher Durand (1838).
Transcendentalism Transcend: [verb] to go beyond the limits of; exceed; be above and independent of the physical universe.
TRANSCENDENTALISM   Transcend: (verb) to rise above or go beyond; exceed. A literary and philosophical movement celebrating individuality, self-reliance,
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism.
Elements of Romanticism
TRANSCENDENTALISM.
Transcendentalism.
Part #2 - Transcendentalism
TRANSCENDENTALISM.
English III – March 21, 2018 Do Now: Set up for notes
Leader of the Transcendentalist Movement
American Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism.
Introduction to Transcendentalism
Introduction to Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism Times, they are a changing…
Key beliefs of Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism An important American Literary and Philosophical Movement (though NOT a religion) 1830s to 1860s.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism.
The Transcendentalists
Presentation transcript:

A non-‘hippie’ guide…okay it’s a little hippie… Transcendentalism A non-‘hippie’ guide…okay it’s a little hippie…

What caused Transcendentalism? Social and political changes brought an end to the domination of the eastern establishment. Industrial and technological developments Experiments to counter the industrial revolution

What is Transcendentalism? A Literary Movement A philosopical Movement An intellectual Movement My favorite Movement With religious UNDERtones

You will see Romanticism: Focused on Individualism Democratic Remembers the poor and oppressed Mystical Optimistic

Four Basic Tenets The fundamental truths of being and the universe lie beyond the senses and can only be understood through intuition.

This reminds us of…the eternal fight between… Empiricism All human knowledge comes from the evidence of our five senses. THEREFORE, we can never know more, or with greater certainty, than our sense will allow. A posteriori: from particular instances to a general principle or law; based upon actual observation or upon experimental data (not existing in the mind prior to or independent of experience.) Rationalism At least some human knowledge comes from reason, unaided by senses. THEREFORE, we can know about things that our senses do not reveal to us, and we can know with greater certainty than our senses will allow. A priori: relating to what can be known through an understanding of how certain things work rather than by observation

Four Basic Tenets The focus of transcendentalism is on the human spirit and the spiritual relationship between humanity and nature.

Man Nature God

Four Basic Tenets Nature is a manifestation of the human spirit. The meaning of existence can be found through exploring nature.

Four Basic Tenets All forms of being –God, nature, man– are spiritually united under a shared universal soul—the Over-Soul.

Basic Premise #1 An individual is the spiritual center of the universe, and in an individual can be found the clue to nature, history and, ultimately, the cosmos itself. It is not a rejection of the existence of God, but a preference to explain an individual and the world in terms of an individual.

Basic Premise #2 The structure of the universe literally duplicates the structure of the individual self—all knowledge, therefore, begins with self-knowledge. This is similar to Aristotle's dictum "know thyself."

Basic Premise #3 Transcendentalists accepted the concept of nature as a living mystery, full of signs; nature is symbolic.

Basic Premise #4 The belief that individual virtue and happiness depend upon self-realization—this depends upon the reconciliation of two universal psychological tendencies: The desire to embrace the whole world—to know and become one with the world. The desire to withdraw, remain unique and separate—an egotistical existence.

…because ‘society’ is questionable… The Natural World Has to provide answers that society cannot. …because ‘society’ is questionable…

Back up: The Cave (Socrates)

Five Themes Cultural Naturalism Religious impulse Authority Validation of Spirit Interpretation

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

“Nature provides exceptions to every rule” Margaret Fuller

Nature Nature is more than Nature—it’s the Nature of things—of man—of you—of me!