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ISMs
-isms of ideas
Term | Definition |
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absolutism | the monarch has complete control |
anarchism | absence of gov't |
capitalism | means of production controlled by private individuals, business to earn a profit |
colonialism | imperialism, a mother country controls colonies for economic growth, political power, military bases |
communism | all power to the gov't for the good of the people. ideas of Marx |
conservatism | change is bad and should be slowed or stopped completely |
cubism | impressionism and surrealism movement. subjects used geometric shapes |
deism | belief all-powerful god created the universe and stepped back to watch it work |
fascism | state and big businesses eliminate worker's rights and resistance to gov't power |
futurism | depict dynamic movement, elimination of balance and rhythm, violence and speed of machine age |
humanism | human possibilities of Greco-Roman literature and values during the Renaissance |
idealism | Plato's mental plane over the material one. one can make the world better and things will work out well |
imperialism | powerful nations dominate less politically, economically, militarily |
impressionism | impression of a scene with the painter's emotion shown. a reaction to realism |
individualism | each person is important |
liberalism | political change can make society better (democratic rule, laissez-faire, removal of Corn Acts, utilitarianism, reform movement) |
Marxism | communist theory. the estate owns the means of production. citizen contributes while society gives to the need of the citizen |
nationalism | same language, traditions, ideas, culture, heritage, beliefs. should have their own nation |
naturalism | 20th c. human struggle w/ nature and humans |
realism | artistic movement late 19th c. horrors of daily life of the common person from the Industrial Rev. |
radicalism | immediate universal male suffrage in england. |
relativism | the truth is not absolute but subjective |
republicanism | people should be ruled through represented democracy in a republic |
romanticism | the beauty of nature, emotion, naionalism |
Social Darwinism | darwin's evolutionary ideas applied to classes. those at the top better fit |
socialism | gov't should manage the economy. rejected competition, laissez-faire, and private property |
totalitarianism | gov't should control every aspect of life |