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L. SydeskiThomas Jefferson High School
Pittsburgh, PA
SHAPING THE MODERN WORLD
20th Century
1. GLOBAL INTERRELATEDNESS2. IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE 3. THE RISE OF MASS SOCIETY4. TECHNOLOGY VERSUS NATURE
THEMES
Analyze the pattern of global integration and how it has changed?
GLOBAL INTERRELATEDNESS
Unesco.org
Pre-1914 WorldImperialism: Aggressive colonial policies of the
great nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
GLOBAL INTERRELATEDNESS
1900Nation-state
Industrial
Owned Colonies
2000????
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Power Status Across the Century
1900Nation-state
Industrial
Owned Colonies
2000Technology
Education
Infrastructure
Power Status Across the Century
Definition: Great powers of racially and culturally homogenous populations, and with considerable industrial, agricultural, and military resources.
Pentarchy: The Recognized Great Powers in 1914
*Great Britain*Germany*France*Russia*Austria-Hungary
NATION-STATE
United States: Industrially and agriculturally strong but politically isolatedItaly: Ambitious but economically and militarily weakJapan: Strong (Russo-Japanese War) but of a non-European race and tradition
Portugal, Spain, and Belgium existed as minor colonial powers
Intermediate Status States
Smaller European States
THE SHORT 20th CENTURY
WORLD WAR I
(1914 – 1991)
WORLD WAR II
The new powers were the United States, Western Europe as a whole, USSR, and JapanA myriad of weak nations mostly in the southern hemisphere
AS A RESULTThe new Global Pattern could be seen as The Affluent North versus the Developing South
New Global Pattern Emerges
struggles of individuals, groups, and societies – based on politics, nationalism, religion, race, ethnicity, gender, and class.
Identity & Difference
A Clash of Cultures can be shattering to the weaker culture. Europeans assumed an innate dominance because of temporary economic, military, and technological advantages.This all stemmed from European society’s ability to adapt swiftly to change.
Disequilibrium Among Cultures in an Era of Accelerating Change
Culturally Conservative Societies (CCS)
Value custom over innovationTraditional methods and traditions are divinely sanctioned and inviolableChange is decline, not progressPolitically, they are authoritarian mass societiesSocially, they are extended family relationshipsEconomically, they are pastoral, agrarian and handicraft
Clash of Cultures
Idealize innovation as productive and desirableProgress is valuedPolitically, the desire is for improvement and change through a rational analysis of institutions, thus the idea of a political revolutionThey are mass-oriented pluralistic societies that emphasize individual membershipSocially, they stress proto-industrial relationshipsEconomically, industrial capitalism searches for innovation
Change Oriented Societies
Modern Societies have adopted mass institutions and forces:
Political PartiesCompulsory educationPopular sovereigntyNational economic integrationFaster and surer communication and transportationMilitary conscription
The Rise of Mass Politics
In mass pluralistic societies the people remain individuals protected by rights and freedoms
In authoritarian mass societies the people become a totality without
individual rights or freedoms
The omnipresence of modern mechanical devices has nearly ended humanity’s traditionally close relationship with nature1900: Technology meant progress
Today: Technology can be destructive
Technology versus Nature
Paradox:humankind has the power to both destroy the Earth and/or make life more sustainable
Technology versus Nature
Technology is alluring in the developing world while the developed world sees technology as the enemy of an endangered natural environmentPROBLEMS???
Technology versus Nature
WHAT ARE THE GLOBAL ISSUES THAT WE FACE TODAY?
The values of the 20th century, competition, profit,
individualism may now need to be tempered with cooperation, sharing, and a greater concern
for whole societies.
Values for Survival
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