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After WWI, new ideas and inventions replaced traditional ones. These changes in physics, art, literature, communication, transportation, and music still affect our lives today. By Susan and YooHee
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Albert Einstein’s (dilation >) Theory of Relativity - Einstein's theory about the interrelationships between the time and space & between energy and matter. - People become uncertain because it disagrees with Newton - Newton - everything is set and not relative Ex: 2 cars & a classroom - space and time is relative
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Sigmund Freud Freudian Psychology - believed human behavior is irrational, beyond reason - (pg 299) unconscious mind tells people how to think and act - suppressed memories, desires, and impulse shape behavior - unconscious mind while shopping - conscious : controllable unconscious : uncontrollable force
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- Philosophers and writers begin to question about reasons & progress that was accepted before WWI - People are now afraid of the future and this is called the uncertain world
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-Existentialism people’s choices shape their lives - There is no universal meaning of life - causes uncertainty Friedrich Nietzshe : - people should trust their instincts Western World : reason, democracy, and progress - individuality suffered
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Another step in modernizing the world Composers in both classical and popular music started new ways of composing. JAZZ - mostly by African Americans in New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago It symbolized the freedom and spontaneity of the time (1920's = Jazz Age)
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The Jazz Age does not only refer to the birth of jazz but also a change in literature, art, and the people. Society becomes more Open - new kind of individual freedom - changes in woman's lives (the right to vote) - war gave woman new roles and after the war, woman's suffrage became law in many countries - woman's clothing & hairstyles changed a lot - Flappers - shorter clothes & hair, drove cars, drank, and smoked in public
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- Artists start to break away from tradition by adding emotions & imaginations - Dada -- established values had been made meaningless by the savagery of WWI - As a result of WWI, values and ideas became nonsense > Dadaist works were crazy and meaningless Surrealism art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life -- tried to call on the unconscious part of their minds -- surrealist paintings showed freeness and "a dream-like quality" functionalism -- buildings in which the design reflected the building's function Before, buildings were built as a form of art to show their beauty, but after the war architects tried to make use of them at the same time This is a step to a modern world
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- with the help of the industrial revolution, the pace of inventions quickened by WWI - new drugs and medical treatments developed that helped millions of people in postwar years - better transportation and communication The Automobile - as time went on, the # of production of cars increased and prices dropped - more leisure travel time & more availability to middle class Airplanes - Charles Lindbergh - 33 hour solo flight from NY to Paris - after the war, a major objective was international air travel Radio - During WWI, wireless communication was so great that countries afterward researched the radio - unlike the expensive air travel, most families owned a radio
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