Developement of europe
Developement of europeDevelopment of Europe
The notions of �modernity,� �modernization,� and �modernism� play an important role in better understanding the development of Europe. These three concepts can be applied to a range of transformations in the areas of politics, socio-economics, and culture respectively. The three concepts are connected, yet each has its own unique qualities that are useful in understanding the changes across Europe in this period. These ideas are crucial to the better comprehension of the creation of the Europe of today.
To understand the significance of the terms, it is important to first understand the terms themselves. �Modernity� was a term used around the French Revolution as a term of abuse. However, in the later part of the nineteenth century and in the twentieth century it became associated more with improvement and advancement. �Modernization� refers to the processes political, economic, and social that made a society modern. An example of this would be industrialization. Finally, �modernism� is a reference to a high cultural movement and was used to relate to changing attitudes. It is basically a celebration of the notion of progress.
�Modernity� during the French Revolution was used as a term of abuse. At this time, during the Reign of Terror in particular, France was moving toward a more republican form of government. During their attempt at the Republic of Virtue Catholicism was a focal point of attack. These attacks ended up fueling divisions that in the end proved to be fatal for the republican government. What some people saw as the future, others disliked and associated it with �modernity.� Hence, the concept of �modernity�s� use as an abusive phrase. However, at the close of the French Revolution, �modernity� took on a new use. In the nineteenth century and beyond, �modernity� became a term associated with good things.
Unlike �modernity,� �modernization� has always been a fairly neutral term. It has always described the processes that actually made the society modern. As mentioned before, a perfect example of this would be industrialization. The best place to see �modernization� is England during the Industrial Revolution. In England during the nineteenth century, industrialization began with the movement from agrarian and home based work driven by human and animal power to work in factories driven by steam power. This change was by all means not lightning fast, and along with it came a change in the way the people lived their lives.
The common workers were forced to move from the country into the cities where they could find work in the factories. This notion of the movement from country life to urban life epitomizes �modernization.� This movement shows that things are �modernizing.� Up until this point most of the worlds population existed in the country and as people moved into the city the world including England became more modern like today, with...
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