I.Nationalism A.Language, Culture, Race 1.Pan-Slavism 2.Pan-Germanism B.Italy: Mazzini & Garibaldi 1.1830, Young Italy movement founded by Mazzini 2.1870, Garibaldi takes Rome, proclaims Italian Kingdom C.Germany: Bismarck 1.Liberal/Socialist as regards domestic policy a.Uniform Industrial Code b.Social Security Pensions 2.Conservative/Nationalist as regards Foreign Policy a.War with Denmark, Bavaria, Austria b.Franco-Prussian War 3.Kulturkampf a.anti-Catholic (1800 priests jailed or exiled) b.anti-Polish (expropriation, forced assimilation) c.anti-union (1500 trade unionists imprisoned) D.France: Napoleon III 1.Anti-Clericalism 2.Urban Renewal 3.Bourgeois Culture of 2nd Empire 4.Imperialist adventures in Mexico, Africa & Crimean War II.Modernism (people self-identified as modernists) A.Accept Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Spencer, Carnegie, Ayn Rand, etc. 1.They are authoritative guides 2.They offer a rational/scientific view of the world B.Reject Biblical account of Creation and History 1.Bible a good book, inspiring but not inspired 2.Jesus a good teacher, but not a savior or God 3.Church-going serves a good social/psychological purpose C.example: Adolf von Harnack & Christian liberalism/modernism 1.Jesus a great man of history, shows us the way 2.Jesus had no self-awareness of being God 3.Christianity corrupted by 1800+ years of errors 4.Seek out the true inner core of Jesus's teachings 5.Apply that core to the needs of modern nation states 6.von Harnack even developed a "demythologized" creed 7.His focus on Hegelian "great men" may have predisposed: a.acceptance of Nietschean thought & "will to power" b.Acceptance of "secular messiahs" of 1920s - 1950's 8.Note: von Harnack not responsible for abuses of his ideas III.Secularism (some call themselves Materialists) A.Science can answer all questions 1.Dalton, atomic theory 2.Mendeleev, periodic chart reveals patterns in nature 3.Darwin & natural selection 4.Pasteur & germ theory B.Social Science can answer & solve social problems 1.Pavlov and the conditioned response 2.Freud and the subconscious 3.Spencer and Social Darwinism 4.Human intellect as a "tabula rasa" 5.Eugenics, birth control, abortion to prevent inconvenient life