Postwar Uncertainty Disillusionment and Progress

Question 1 The postwar period is one of loss and uncertainty but also one of invention, creativity, and new ideas. How did changes in science and art challenge deeply held beliefs? The postwar period is one of loss and uncertainty but also one of invention, creativity, and new ideas. How did changes in science and art challenge deeply held beliefs?

Changes in Science Albert Einstein The Absent-minded Professor Offers radically new ideas in field of physics Theory of Relativity Idea that space and time are not constant Makes the world seem more uncertain than before Freudian Psychology Sigmund Freud Austrian doctor with new ideas about the mind Claims that human behavior is not based on reason Id, ego, super-ego

Changes in the Arts Futurists Futurism. Early 20th-century artistic movement that centred in Italy and emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general. The most significant results of the movement were in the visual arts and poetry.

Modern concerns

Cubism: transforms shapes into geometric forms

Surrealists

…and beyond…

Literature Suffering caused by WWI leads many to doubt old beliefs Existentialists Man has free will Life is a series of choices creating stress Few decisions are without any consequences Some things are irrational or absurd, without explanation If one makes a decision he or she must follow through Fredrich Nietchze The “Lost Generation” F. Scott Fitzgerald Suffering caused by WWI leads many to doubt old beliefs Existentialists Man has free will Life is a series of choices creating stress Few decisions are without any consequences Some things are irrational or absurd, without explanation If one makes a decision he or she must follow through Fredrich Nietchze The “Lost Generation” F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 2 How do Jazz and the women’s movement demonstrate the individualism of the time?

Jazz Individual performance New Orleans Louis Armstrong St. Louis New York Duke Ellington Chicago Individual performance New Orleans Louis Armstrong St. Louis New York Duke Ellington Chicago

Question 3 How did changes in technology alter daily life? The Automobile The Airplane The Radio The Movies How did changes in technology alter daily life? The Automobile The Airplane The Radio The Movies

Automobile Travel

A Worldwide Depression Chapter 15, section 2

Postwar Economy Germany United States Europe Germany United States Europe

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