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THE AGE OF ANXIETY - Coggle Diagram
THE AGE OF ANXIETY
THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
Albert Einstein
changed science with the theory of relativity
Time and space became subjective, not fixed
This created uncertainty and influenced modern art and litertaure, which began experimenting with form, memory and perception
A NEW CONCEPT OF TIME
Philosophers questioned the idea of time
William James
described the mind as a continuous flow of experiences (stream of consciousness)
Henri Bergson
distinguished between
historical time (objective, measured)
psychological time (subjective, emotional)
This idea influenced Modernist literature
ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES
Anthropology challenged Western beliefs
James George Frazer showed that different cultures have different beliefs and system
This weakened the idea that Western culture was the only correct one
A NEW PICTURE OF MAN
There was no single definition of human identity
Freud saw man as psychological and biological
Karl Marx saw man as shaped by social and economic forces
Friedrich Nietzsche challenged religion and traditional morality
As a result, religious certainty weakened and people explored new beliefs