New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and Arts

New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and Arts
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New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and Arts
Modern mentality evolved in two phases, early modernity and late modernity. Early modernity was formulated during the enlightenment and the scientific revolution period. Early modernity relied on stress, reason, science, human goodness, and humanity’s capacity to improve society. Late modern thinkers achieved revolutionary insights into human nature, the social world, and the physical universe. At this stage, writers and artists opened up their unimagined possibilities for artistic expression. The new thoughts altered the then-existing mechanical models introduced by Newton, questioning human rationality and goodness. Creativity in art and thought took center stage in this period leading to new ideas, new arts, and new ways of life. For researchers to understand more about human nature and behavior, they studied religion, the arts, politics, and the irrational in myth.
The glorification of irrational was championed by Nietzsche, who denounced social reform, parliamentary government, and the setting free of slaves universally. He also ridiculed Christianity morals. Nietzsche believed God did not exist, and he claimed the was no higher sense to the universe or human existence. With Christianity making too many demands to be adhered to, he said it stifled the human impulse for life. In his criticism of the church and other believers, Nietzsches was guided by the belief that social and moral values have no validity. The man broke up with accepted morals and set his standards. With his move against all the society's norms and practices, he believed that human nature is the desire to overpower, overthrow, become a master, a thirst for enemies, and antagonizes and triumph. With this in his mind, Nietzsche proved to be irrational and helped human beings start a new understanding of themselves and their surrounding.
Nietzsche argued that the love for power by human beings was their demon. He denounced democracy because it represented the disbelief in great human beings and elite society. To Christianity, he rejected it because it imposes unnatural morality, affirms meekness, humility, and compassion. He stressed that individuals should face themselves and live free of illusions.
Another irrational thinker in this period was Bergson, who upheld the belief of Nietzsche. In his view, he did not uphold the current belief that science can fulfill human needs and explain everything. Emphasis on intellect sacrificed spiritual impulses, immigration and reduced the soal into a mere mechanism. The ability of the mind to achieve a relationship with the object or participants showed the reality more than the method employed by science. The creative potential of Intuition was his main area of objecting science. With human beings' depreciation of reason, Bergson's intuitionism and vitalism pitied the unsuspected strength and appeal of nonrational. It was a clear indication that people were looking for alternative ways to the enlightenment world view.
In the modernization stage, Freud came up with a new respective on how human nature's understanding of the past was not satisfactory. He broug...