age of anxiety

Age of AnxietyCulture Between Wars

Albert Einstein

Insanity: Doing the Same Thing Over & Over Again & Expecting Different Results

Albert Einstein• German physicist• General Theory of

Relativity

Run Ins With Nukes• Visited US in 1933 (Hitler Time)• Alerted FDR to look into Nuclear

Development• Manhattan Project

Run Ins With Nukes• Denounced Nuclear Weapons

Because of Damage

Sigmund Freud

“America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but I am afraid it is not going to be a success”

Sigmund Freud• Austrian Neurologist

• Father of psychology

6.1 I.B. New scientific

paradigms (ex. Psychology)

transformed human

understanding of the world.

Escape from Nazi Germany

Burning of Books = no freedom of thought • Escape to Great Britain

Who Would Be Your “3?”

Instinct & Drives• Even though we are complex &

sophisticated, we are still animals

• Behavior is governed by drives• Sex is especially important

The PsychePersonality

Always at war with each other

ID (Instinctual Drive)• Animal Part– Food, Drink,

Sex• Aggressive

Superego• Moral • Behavior parents approve of• Guilt

Ego• YOU• Balance the demands of the

ID & the constraints of the superego

Unconscious Mind

FearsViolent MotivesIrrational WishesSelfish NeedsShameful ExperiencesTraumatic Experiences

ThoughtsPerceptions

Pablo Picasso

“The Purpose of Art is Washing the Dust of Daily Life off our Souls.”

Pablo Picasso• Famous Spanish cubist• Rejected realism• Cubism: Expressionist style that

featured geometric planes and angles; looks like an intricate stack of boxes

Pablo Picasso

“Nature and art, being two different things, cannot be the same thing, period. Through art, we express our concept of what nature is not.”

6.1 I.A. New modes of communication and transportation virtually eliminated the problem

of geographic distance.

6.1 I.A. New modes of communication and transportation virtually eliminated the problem

of geographic distance.

Age of Wonderful NonsenseLife in the Roaring

20s

Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

• 4 trends in American society result from a desire for normalcy:– Renewed isolationism– Resurgence of nativism– Trend toward conservatism (away

from Progressivism)– Threat of communism

Flappers• Flapper: an independent young woman who

adopts new fashions & progressive attitudes; short hair, boyish clothing, makeup

• Young women begin to assert their independence & demand the same freedoms as men

• Women were having fewer children• The divorce rate doubles in the 1920s

The Lost GenerationWriters of the 1920s• Most authors criticized the

lifestyle of the 20s; materialism, conformity, etc...

• F. Scott Fitzgerald: reveals negative side of 1920s freedoms and lifestyle

• Ernest Hemingway: criticizes the glorification of war

Movies

• Silent movies already popular; introduction of sound increases attendance

• “The Jazz Singer”: first movie with sound

Fad: Pfefferminz

• Edward Haas came up with this new peppermint candy

• 1948: easy, dispenser that we all recognize now to be a regular

• More Pez dispensers are sold than there are kids.

Fad: Dance Marathons• Height of The

Depression• Record: 5,148 hours

and 28.5 minutes• Prizes ranged

anywhere between $1000 to $5000, but many contestants participated solely for the promise of food and shelter

• Eventually Outlawed

Fad: Flag Pole Sitting• Alvin Kelly: King of

the Flag Pole• Daniel Baraniuk: a

16-by-24-inch platform on an 8-foot pole for 196 days

• Died out around 1929

Fad: Miss America Pageant

• originated on September 7, 1921 as a 2 day contest in New Jersey

• Miss America 1922

• Modern Woman: Eat right, exercise etc.

Fad: Slang

All That Jazz….

6.3 I.B. At the beginning of the century in the United States and parts of Europe, governments played a minimal role in their national economies. With the onset of the Great Depression, governments began to take a more active role in economic

life (ex. the New Deal).

6.3 I.B. At the beginning of the century in the United States and

parts of Europe, governments played a minimal role in their

national economies. With the onset of the Great Depression,

governments began to take a more active role in economic life (ex. the

New Deal).