Analysis of the Emerging New Romanticism Movement as Cultural Counterforce to Technological Rationalization
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Summary
The article presents 25 propositions about the emergence of a New Romanticism movement as a cultural counterforce to excessive rationalization and technological control in society. The author traces parallels between current societal trends and the original Romanticist movement of circa 1800, which began as a reaction against Enlightenment rationalism. The analysis explores how this new movement might manifest in contemporary culture, art, and thought as a response to the dominance of technology and data-driven approaches to human experience.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledMore than two years ago, I predicted the rise of a New Romanticism—a movement to counter the intense rationalization and expanding technological control of society.
This idea had started as a joke. Oh Beethoven, come save us! And give Tchaikovsky the news.
But when I dug deeply into the history of the original Romanticist movement, circa 1800, I stopped laughing.
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