| Description |
The world of the 19th century was one marked by numerous kinds of revolutions. In the early 1800's, these revolutions often took the form of the French peasant revolts and the dynastic struggles that marked the Napoleonic Era. By mid-century, the revolutions had evolved into the more non-violent strain of intellectual revolts-- at this time the European continent was seeking desperately to rediscover itself after the philosophical and scientific bombshells released by Kant, Hegel, and Darwin. The very fiber of religious and philosophical thought had become disoriented, and young thinkers would spend the rest of the century attempting to integrate the concepts of the "new science" into workable, explainable paradigms. |
