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ISMs
-isms of ideas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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