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ROOTS OF TRANSCENDENTALISM Romanticism
New attitude toward nature, humanity, and society that emphasizes individualism and freedom. Celebration of individualism Reverence of nature The rebel (individual vs. society) Concerns with industrialization and technology Fascination with death and the supernatural Impulse toward reform
TRANSCENDENTALISM A philosophy that created new ideas in
literature, religion, and culture Started in New England in the early to middle
19th century. Began as a protest against the general state
of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard.
TRANSCENDENTALISM Core beliefs
An ideal spiritual state that “transcends” the physical and empirical and is only realized through the individual’s intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions.
TRANSCENDENTALISM The sum of it is
A group of new ideas that emerged as a result of the protests against popular thought and intellectualism. It stressed the belief that the individual's spiritual state "transcends" the physical world and is arrived at through intuition rather than religious doctrine.
TRANSCENDENTALISM Another way to put it:
That it [transcendentalism] is the belief that the basic truths of the universe lie beyond (or transcend) what we obtain from our senses.
TRANSCENDENTAL BELIEFS
Individualism Nonconformity Self-Reliance Reverence of Nature
Carpe Diem Intuition Simplicity Oversoul
INTUITION The Devine Belief—part
of God in each man; intuition; innate understanding of what is right and good; direct line of communication between God and man
Divinity within Man Intuition over Reason
Individual Intuition: highest form of knowledge: the creative insight and interpretation of one's own inner voices
OVERSOUL Man, universe, and nature are intertwined Universal soul that goes through all beings
—”the force”
REVERENCE OF NATURE
Nature is inherently good—symbolic “The foregoing generations beheld God and
Nature face to face; we—through their eyes. Why should we not also enjoy an original relation to the universe?”- Emerson
Respect and Beauty
INDIVIDUALISM True to own inner perception or intuition Divinity of each individual, but this divinity
could be discovered only if the person had the independence of mind to do so
Self-Reliance You must rely on yourself.
Nonconformity You should not conform to social norms if you
do not agree with the norms.
TRANSCENDENTALISM “By meditating, by communing with nature
through art, man transcends his senses and finds beauty, goodness, and truth.”
Identify transcendental beliefs in each clip.
Cast Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP2P8mhif-g The Little Mermaid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcCjjEeEb3Y#t
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