The Big Forces

A lot of the focus in this class has been on what was the change that occurred and who were the people who provoked change. But I think there is a dimension that we often overlook when looking at modernism, or at least I do: the opposition of change. These were not JUST judgemental people. These were eugenicists, masses of people believing in "cleansing" the world of genetic inferiorities, such as the Nazis and the KKK, which was at full-force in the 1920's. Families were torn as tradition was provoked. The nuclear family began to bend and break as gender roles were questioned. Revivalists began to preach of the impurity of the world as others claimed God died. Fear struck the world with wartime hysteria creating such things as internment camps. It seems like a lot was going on, and that's because there was, not just for A minority, but many groups catalyzing each other to change.