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History of the West Civilization: Sources Homework 7

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History of the West Civilization: Sources Homework 7 1. Why was Edmund Burke opposed to the French Revolution? 2. What was Klemens von Metternich’s opinion of “the progress of the human mind…i... n the…last three centuries” and its effect upon the society of his time 3. What did Metternich mean by, “Drag through the mud the name of God and the powers instituted by His divine decrees, and the revolution will be prepared!”? 4. Why did Joseph de Maistre believe that man cannot create a constitution and no legitimate constitution can be written? 5. What views of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century conservatives are valued by American conservatives today? 1. What was the purpose of John Stewart Mill’s essay? 2. For Mill, what is the “peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion,” however unpopular? 3. On what grounds would Mill permit society to restrict individual liberty? Do you think it is ever legitimate for the state to restrain an individual from harming himself? 1. Ernst Moritz Arndt’s writings show the interconnection between romanticism and nationalism. Discuss this statement. 2. Why do you suppose many students were attracted to Young Italy? 3. Giuseppe Mazzini was a democrat, a nationalist, and a romantic. Discuss this statement. 1. To what causes did Flora Tristan attribute the miseries of the working class in France? What remedies did she propose? 2. According to Alexis de Tocqueville, why did Parisian workers revolt in 1848? 3. How did the goals of Parisian workers who revolted in 1848 differ from those of member of Giuseppe Mazzini’s Young Italy? 4. De Tocqueville observed that what distinguished this revolt was that it aimed to change the order of society, not the form of government. Explain. 5. What effect did the news of Louis Philippe’s overthrow and the founding of the French Republic have on Carl Shurz and the young students of his day? How did they behave? 6. What were the goals of Shurz and many of his colleagues? How did they seek to reconcile nationalism and liberalism? 7. Why have university students often been attracted to revolutions? [Show More]

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