Transcendentalism in modern society
According to the theories of transcendentalism, all people are good by nature and it is society's fault for making people corrupt. Can this possibly be true? It throws out the line of thinking that people are inherently evil, of which the thinking is supported by the Christian church and all Western religions in general.Funny that this theory began in the Unitarian Christian church and branched out into the writings of Emerson, et cetera in the mid-1800's.
What would the inverse of this be? All people are evil by nature and it is society which gives people the chance to break the mold set forth for them and become the exact opposite of what they were supposed to be?
If we are all here to learn as much as possible and to grow as people, which is another tenant of transcendentalism, how could it be true that we learn from the world around us and from society, when it is society that supposedly has such a negative impact on our souls and our minds? What, then, are we going to learn from? I suppose it is possible that we are to learn from the mistakes of society, but that still leaves a huge gap in what we can learn from our immediate surroundings and what we have the capacity to learn as human beings.
Intellectual/social theory makes absolutely no sense. Way to go, Unitarians!
As an end note, I haven't died. In fact, I am alive and wallowing in my writing endeavors and school assignments/classes whilst attempting to stay afloat amongst the debris of my relationship and the boogey man of my fatigue. Huzzah. I'm going to try to make more of an effort to write on a regular basis, or I'm going to lose everyone's interest. Stay tuned!
posted by Miss Kimberly @ 4:59 PM
1 Comments:
Society is made up of individuals who are inherently good, so society itself must also be good.
although, I don't believe people are inherently anything except lazy
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