Analysis of the Human Cultural Identity
Analysis of the Human Cultural Identity
This paper is intended to contain the analysis of the human cultural identity, as seen in the following five historical cultural periods:
Enlightenment Culture; Greco-Roman Culture; Judeo-Christian Culture;
Renaissance-Reformation Culture; and Industrialization-Modernism Culture. It also embodies examples of each era that are clearly stated, and how they relate to the cultural period.
The cultural identity of the Enlightenment can be described as emphasizing the possibilities of human reason. This idea can be illustrated with such examples as Thomas Jefferson, Denis Diderot, and Protestantism. Thomas
Jefferson was considered among one of the most brilliant American exponents of the Enlightenment culture. He had the time and the resources to educate himself in many topics including history, literature, law, architecture, science, and philosophy. He had the motivation and the connections to apply Enlightenment political philosophy to nation-building. Denis Diderot was a French encyclopedist and philosopher, who also composed plays, novels, essays, and art.
He greatly influenced other Enlightenment thinkers with his translations of
Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, usually known as Encyclopedie. He used this translation as a powerful propaganda weapon against Ecclesiastical authority, and the semifeudal social reforms of the time. Protestantism is a good example also. It is one of the three major divisions of Christianity. It displays the release of traditional religion and the movement to worldly learning and the rise of protests against the controlled way of expressing one's self. It allows the human himself to reason out the way that he thinks, instead of an authority telling him how to do so therefore, extending his mind.
The Industrialism-Modernism culture is a culture that represents social, economical, and scientific advancement, as well as
This paper is intended to contain the analysis of the human cultural identity, as seen in the following five historical cultural periods:
Enlightenment Culture; Greco-Roman Culture; Judeo-Christian Culture;
Renaissance-Reformation Culture; and Industrialization-Modernism Culture. It also embodies examples of each era that are clearly stated, and how they relate to the cultural period.
The cultural identity of the Enlightenment can be described as emphasizing the possibilities of human reason. This idea can be illustrated with such examples as Thomas Jefferson, Denis Diderot, and Protestantism. Thomas
Jefferson was considered among one of the most brilliant American exponents of the Enlightenment culture. He had the time and the resources to educate himself in many topics including history, literature, law, architecture, science, and philosophy. He had the motivation and the connections to apply Enlightenment political philosophy to nation-building. Denis Diderot was a French encyclopedist and philosopher, who also composed plays, novels, essays, and art.
He greatly influenced other Enlightenment thinkers with his translations of
Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, usually known as Encyclopedie. He used this translation as a powerful propaganda weapon against Ecclesiastical authority, and the semifeudal social reforms of the time. Protestantism is a good example also. It is one of the three major divisions of Christianity. It displays the release of traditional religion and the movement to worldly learning and the rise of protests against the controlled way of expressing one's self. It allows the human himself to reason out the way that he thinks, instead of an authority telling him how to do so therefore, extending his mind.
The Industrialism-Modernism culture is a culture that represents social, economical, and scientific advancement, as well as