arrested development revolution

Arrested DevelopmentREVOLUTION

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Questions What do you believe was the “main message” of

this song? What words or parts of the song were repeated

most often? Why do you think this song was written? Why do they want a revolution? How do you think the artist feels about the current

state of society? What did the song make you want to do? How did the song make you feel?

Transcendentalism

TRANSCENDS (verb):

to rise above, to go beyond, to surpass the expected, excel, outdo

Belief in a higher kind of knowledge than can be achieved by human reason

TRANSCENDENTALISM

TRANSCENDENTALISM

God gave humankind the gift of intuition,

the gift of insight, the gift of inspiration.

Why waste such a gift?

TRANSCENDENTALISMHistorical Background

Began in Germany – Immanuel Kant, philosopher– 1700’s

Developed in United States in 1836– Transcendental Club– Boston– 1836– led by Ralph Waldo Emerson

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

author essayist lecturer philosopher Unitarian minister

TRANSCENDENTALISM

Emerson and the Transcendentalists led the search for truth

– in nature– through self-reliance

• “No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.” Emerson

Roots of Transcendentalism

Puritanism

–belief in God as a powerful force

–belief that each individual can experience God first-hand

Roots of Transcendentalism Romanticism

– placed central importance on emotions and the individual

– emphasized intuition and inner perception of truth that differs from reason

– emphasized nature’s beauty, strangeness, and mystery

– emphasized individual expression and artistic freedom

TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS Nonconformity:

– Follow your own ambition, and do whatever you want in life

– THOREAU: if someone acts different, “…perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” (Walden)

TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS

SELF-RELIANCE:

–Rely on yourself

TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS

OPTIMISTIC:

–all is good

evil is an illusion

TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS

INDIVIDUALISM (Free Thought):

–be true to one’s own inner perception or intuition

If I know it is truth, then it is truth.

TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS

UNLIMITED POTENTIAL OF EACH INDIVIDUAL (Confidence)– set high goals to

improve

TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS NATURE IS TRUTH

– it can be a guide to higher understanding

Nature symbolizes God or the inner life of human beings

HENRY DAVID THOREAU Lived the philosophy

of Transcendentalism that Emerson espoused

Spent 26 months at Walden Pond to “live deliberately - to front only the essential facts of life . . .”

TRANSCENDENTALISM

Transcendentalism began with a few and grew.

This philosophy lasted for several years in New England

It ended as the Civil War began.

Resources

American Transcendental Web: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/index.html

American Transcendentalism: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/amtrans.htm

PAL: Chapter Four http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap4/4intro.html

FRANK SINATRA’S MY WAY

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