Ralph Waldo Emerson: Emersons egalitarian view that all individuals are capable of rising above their ordinary selves, even if few do so in practice. Few adults; superficial seeing Egotism: Practice of thinking about oneself Egoism: Self interest as motivation In the woods, we return to reason and faith. All mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeballRomanticism (1850): From macro concern to micro perspective Shift from institutions to individuals Shift from society to self Rise of the unique Shift from reason to feeling Rise of imagination Urge to think beyond human ideas and ideals Rise of exceptionalism (egoism/nationalism) Shift from invisible hand to directed hand Rise of minority perspective (woman questions/blacks) Rise of nature as moral universe (God in nature) Rise of the God within Rise of the romantic child and the noble savage Pure before being influenced by the institutions Closer to a more natural state More innocentPre-modernity (origins-1648)1610 The TempestModernity (1648-1920)1762 Rousseau the social contract1773 Wheatly, On being Brought1776 Enlightenment1784 Benjamin Franklins Autobiography1794 Industrialism/Manifest Destiny1850 Romanticism1850 Marx1840 Emerson, Self-RelianceGast. American Progress (1872) Presence and absence of light East, West difference High presence of light Technological progression (stagecoach) 1869 Transcontinental railroad Vast unstained frontier (build, grow, maintain) Telegraph wire Closing of one powerRudder The Confounding Factor Dataclysm: Who we are when we think no one else is looking. What came first, your desire or the environment affecting your desire? Sexual display of black women (Rihanna/Beyonce) Black women (slaves) were blamed for sexual acts between the owner and the slave. Starting lines (Attractive black women vs white women) Injustice

Thomas Jefferson (1784): South was in segregation (Minority ruled) Slavery (Civil War) 18F/21M (Slaves would be sent back to Liberia) Bring immigrants to do the labor that nobody wanted to do. Uses Pseudo Science in his writing Articular Membrane (Racist Language) Reason is fair when its fair (fixed in nature) Immigration to fix the lack of a work force (labor) Kids/Immigrants Cheap Dont mention Americans Too expensive to hire Americans Americans lacked physical skills for minor types of labor Americans vs Immigrants

Franklins Autobiography: Project of literacy (Public Library) A working and waiting for it to Im working hard because I work hard. Not a material sense of identity: Frugality during the enlightenment. Structure of our workday (Franklins Schedule) Society and Diversion Roosters vs technology to wake us up A lot of work and little play (Modern Day) Little sense of personal life (email) Fewer entertainment, had to find something to do. Improving yourself to improve the nation/How can I improve myself todayEnlightenment: Center = man (Thinking Man) Science for Knowledge From Central Prohibition to Idea of Progress Rise of Deism = belief in a god that does not interfere with the world. Continuity of biological fixity (identity and hierarchy) Belief that we can create paradise Rising sense of democracy and egalitarianism: End of rule by divine right Separation of religious from civil war Dominion over nature through science (machine in the garden)The Tempest: Central prohibition (Punishment) Caliban was punished for trying to take Mirandas virginity. Daughter (virginity) Asset/Source of Income Liability Prospero and Mirandas View on Caliban He was a monster Operates among lust (sexual desire) / Human Desire Ability to Learn Binary Thinking

Wheatley: Using the bible / lack of logic Continual/Contradiction Some people carry wood, others dont Biological Fixity Pandoras box opens up (the Tempest / Nature vs Nurture