Modernity 1800-1950 Flashcards
Modernity
- Bureaucratization
- Democratization
- Specialization
- Institutionalization
- Records
- Quantification
- Standardization
- Secularization
- Rationalization
Society during the 1800-1950s
1. Old political/economic regime declining - divine right to rule losing traction Spanish, Holy Roman, Chinese 2. New empires rising British, American, Japanese, German Empires based on economic gain 3. Modern geopolitical landscape Modern division of continents Creation of nation states
How was Canada defined?
- Primarily defined by geography
- Not viably managed by Britain alone
Strong divisions between French and English
Benedict Anderson created what concept?
- Imagined Community
- Nation is a community which is socially created by people who imagine themselves to be part of that group
- Modern nation states
The Industrial Revolution was defined by:
- Mass production and manufacturing industries become the dominant forces
Steam engine - 1869
Industrial combustion engine
Electrical Power - Built on one another, modern way of living
Outcome and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
- Mass migration
Workforce lured people out of rural areas and into urban existence - Population increase
Population doubled within 100 years
Middle class was growing, incredible amount of working poor - Felt in urban centers
- Industrialization and urbanization
- More predictable money based lifestyle
Cottonopolis
Manchester: phenomenon of the textile industry
Dominant idealism during 1800s:
Three philosophers:
- German
- Immanuel Kant, Johan Fichte, George Hegel
- Very similar to Platonic and Aristotelian
- Humans are secular as opposed to linked to a divine world
- Physical world we inhabit is imperfect
- Body is secondary; perfect humans exists (something to strive for)
- Body was an expression for the soul
Implication of German Idealism for Physical Education:
What emerged from the German idealism?
- Body is a physical expression for the soul: there must be a moral and spiritual basis to all physical activity
- Everything must have a purpose
- Rational physical education: 19th century idealism
How were students taught based on rational physical education:
Individual fusions of body and soul; body is the physical expression for the soul
What were the values of rational physical education:
Individuals are “End in Themselves”
Huge implications for student athletes
Objectives of rational physical education :
Optimal achievement of the physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual
Curriculum of rational physical education:
Defined by the ability and potential of students
Early childhood and childhood development
Inspired by Rousseau
Evaluation Criteria of rational physical education:
Social interaction, self-confidence, social and psychological maturity, physical growth, skill development, moral and spiritual development
Rational Physical Education: Form
Group physical activity
Gymnastics based
Wasn’t about playing games or sport
Based on drills, militaristic performance
Calisthenics: can be done in a confined space