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January 24, 2023. Posted by: Heather Thomas. With unprecedented prosperity, technology, and leisure like no decade before it, 1920s America roared, soared, and was never bored, igniting endless fads and crazes of excess and frivolity–until it all came crashing down ( Hendricks, 2018 ).
- Historical Change in Moral Concepts
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Moral psychologists know a lot about how people today vary in their moral thinking, but they have largely ignored how moral thinking has changed historically. As cultures evolve and societies develop, people’s ways of thinking about good and evil also transform. The nature of that transformation is a matter of speculation. One narrative suggests ou...
We found basic moral terms (see the black line below) became dramatically scarcer in English-language books as the 20th century unfolded – which fits the de-moralisation narrative. But an equally dramatic rebound began in about 1980, implying a striking re-moralisation. The five moral foundations, on the other hand, show a vastly changing trajector...
The decades since 1980 can be seen as a period when moral concerns experienced a revival. What has driven this revival is open to speculation. Some might see the election of conservative governments in the US, UK and Australia at the start of this period as a pivotal change. That might explain the rise of the typically conservative purity-based mor...
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Mar 10, 2017 · This has served to eclipse the Utopian imagination in the late 20th and early 21 st centuries and exponentially to increase the popular grip of the Dystopian genre.” “It wasn’t until the 20th century — after two World Wars and the Cold War — that the genre of Dystopia became so prominent,” notes Cleary, who joined the Yale faculty ...
Jan 12, 2024 · (Credit: Getty Images) Historian Thomas Moynihan explores what we can learn from the hopeful and 'flagrantly fictional' forecasts written 100 years ago, just as humanity was emerging from a global...
Even as it changed the nature of performing, the phonograph altered how people heard music. It was the beginnings of “on demand” listening: “The music you want, whenever you want it,” as ...
Sep 26, 2019 · The 21st century is the most important century in human history. At least that’s what a number of thinkers say. Their argument is pretty simple: Mostly, it’s that there are huge challenges ...
Jun 4, 2015 · Emergency relief was the most popular of the New Deal programs and has been called a major step in saving capitalism. It inaugurated a pattern of government action in crises that would otherwise...
