1914

Cameron Gordon

Chapter Chapter 15 in Many Possible Worlds, 2023, pp 413-442 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Historians of EuropeEurope speak of a long nineteenth century (1789–1914) beginning with the French RevolutionFrench Revolution, representing an overturning of a traditional order in the most powerful nation-state on the Continent at the time, ushering in 120 years or so of rationalismRationalism, scientific progressProgress, materialismMaterialism, and explicit “Balance of PowerBalance of Power” politics in EuropeEurope. The dominant elite paradigm was based on mechanistic notions of the “natural order”, i.e. equilibrium determined by a balanced interplay of opposing but interrelated forces. This system went through many stresses and strains but seemed to work well enough in keeping the general peace (within Europe) along with steady per capita GDP growth (within the industrialising core). In 1914, however, the First World War set this entire apparatus on fire almost literally. The system survived but untrammelled faith in an optimistic future did not.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9281-0_15

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