Dialectic of Enlightenment

Estate out of the meeting hall, because of this the Third Estate pledges to not disband until they had written a new constitution. That is what brought on the French Revolution, and in it leaders like Maximilien Robespierre brought the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers that he would attempt to incorporate into the new government.…

John Locke was a British philosopher, teacher and physician whose writings on political thought influenced enlightenment thinkers. He is credited with developing the theory that children prefer to be treated as rationale human beings who are capable of thought process of their own. Locke also thought that children do not respond well to long lectures, and they are taught by their life experiences and perceptions of those experiences. Also, that students need to receive better treatment and more…

Being an American means the beginning as a ‘have-not’ and progressing to being a ‘have,’ or, to put in the hip-hop artist’s Drake’s words: “Started from the bottom, now we here.” Furthermore, being a ‘have’ means the glorification of pleasure, and the high life. This hedonistic worldview kept stable for the ‘haves’ often at the expense of the ‘have-nots.’ This duality of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ has expressed itself through multiple American conflicts and struggles, and is depicted in a…

The American Revolution is notoriously known as the birth of our great countries’ independence from England. In this time thirteen colonies rose up to stop the unfair treatment that they had been receiving from British monarchy and aristocracy. The thirteen colonies which were primarily under English control had declared themselves independent and renamed themselves the United States of America. This rebellion is probably the most important thing is U.S. history and yet most people still…

From 1789 to 1791, the French Revolution wasn 't generally all that progressive. For France itself, beyond any doubt, it mattered an incredible arrangement that feudalism was nullified and that a constitution was set up, and for the short space of time for such substantive changes to be experience and completed. In any case, in 1791, King Louis XVI chose he didn 't care for the progressions, didn 't care for more changes furthermore that he was going to jolt the nation. This choice wound up…

in the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment due to increased rational thinking and applied philosophy fueled a reconsideration of France’s irresponsible and ineffective absolute government. This dissatisfaction only increased when the Third Estate shared their opinions with the existing government, who chose to ignore them; thus the Revolution begins in 1789 with the Tennis Court Oath and the Storming of the Bastille. The…

Feudalism Before the French Revolution beginning in 1789 and with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French had an unfair tax system. The lords kept big chunks of the taxes that were supposed to be given to the Kings and the peasants were having a difficult time living off of what they earned. French merchants and manufacturer were able to collect huge wealth from marketing profits, but they were lacking fair representation in the feudal system of the ruling class. Noble and clergy did not…

“Nothing will make me change my principles. Even with the knife at my neck I shall still declare, up to this day, the poor have done everything; it is time for the rich to take their turn… The selfish people, the young idlers, must be made useful, whether they like it or not, and some respite be procured for the useful and respectable worker” (Petr Kropotkin 1909, p. 263). The monarchical, aristocratic, social, legal and political system that governed the people of France prior to the…

During his time, Thomas Paine wrote and made a copious amounts of valid points when it came to the colonies and England’s government at the time. In his pamphlet, “Common Sense,” Paine argued over many things when it came to the government, but one of his most notable arguments had to have been when he made several points leading to his theories that the colonies should separate from Great Britain. In his argument for independence, he made quite a bit of points, but his three most effective…

Robert E. Kelsey Jr. Doc. Gregory Caicco ART1030 P01 11/6/2017 Style Guide for Futurism and Purism. Futurism In a contemporaneous era of the early 1900’s with modernistic art movements, “Futurism” redefined a well social-political agenda. This inauguration was named by the “charismatic Italian poet as well playwriter Filippo Tommaso Marinetti” (1876-1944). 1909 was the creation “Futurism” movement, but soon encompassed the visual arts and cinemas, music and architecture. “Futurists” were…