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Age of Anxiety

Age of Anxiety. Culture 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)

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Age of Anxiety

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  1. Age of Anxiety Culture Between Wars

  2. Albert Einstein Insanity: Doing the Same Thing Over & Over Again & Expecting Different Results

  3. Albert Einstein • German physicist • General Theory of Relativity

  4. Run Ins With Nukes • Visited US in 1933 (Hitler Time) • Alerted FDR to look into Nuclear Development • Manhattan Project

  5. Run Ins With Nukes • Denounced Nuclear Weapons Because of Damage

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

  7. Sigmund Freud • Austrian Neurologist • Father of psychology 6.1 I.B. New scientific paradigms (ex. Psychology) transformed human understanding of the world.

  8. Escape from Nazi Germany • Burning of Books = no freedom of thought • Escape to Great Britain

  9. Who Would Be Your “3?”

  10. Instinct & Drives • Even though we are complex & sophisticated, we are still animals • Behavior is governed by drives • Sex is especially important

  11. The Psyche Personality Always at war with each other

  12. ID (Instinctual Drive) • Animal Part • Food, Drink, Sex • Aggressive

  13. Superego • Moral • Behavior parents approve of • Guilt

  14. Ego • YOU • Balance the demands of the ID & the constraints of the superego

  15. Unconscious Mind Thoughts Perceptions Fears Violent Motives Irrational Wishes Selfish Needs Shameful Experiences Traumatic Experiences

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

  17. Pablo Picasso • Famous Spanish cubist • Rejected realism • Cubism: Expressionist style that featured geometric planes and angles; looks like an intricate stack of boxes

  18. 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.”

  19. 6.1 I.A. New modes of communication and transportation virtually eliminated the problem of geographic distance.

  20. 6.1 I.A. New modes of communication and transportation virtually eliminated the problem of geographic distance.

  21. Age of Wonderful Nonsense Life in the Roaring 20s

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. The Lost Generation Writers 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

  25. Movies • Silent movies already popular; introduction of sound increases attendance • “The Jazz Singer”: first movie with sound

  26.  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.

  27.  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

  28.  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

  29. 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.

  30. Fad: Slang

  31. All That Jazz….

  32. 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).

  33. 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).

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