Modern Age Words from a scrapbook
Modern Age Victorian Age Growth Enthusiasm (economical…social…moral…fields) Enthusiasm Critical reaction to situation Slums Inhuman conditions Pollution
Modern Age Subjectivity vs. Objectivity Individualism vs. Socialization Modernism World War We’re alone (Nietzsche – Darwin) Science has no answers (Einstein- Bergson) Truth is personal / inside us (Freud)
Modern Age Uncertainties about values, meanings Individualistic approach to morals Seeking shelter into feelings, emotions Psychologism (Joyce) Absurd (Beckett) Modern art in general