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Modern Humanities: CHAPTER 5: HUMANITIES TODAY (2000s-onward)

Modern Humanities
CHAPTER 5: HUMANITIES TODAY (2000s-onward)

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  1. CHAPTER 1: BIRTH OF MODERNISM AND THE MODERN WORLD (1900-1920s)
    1. 1.1 Modernism
    2. 1.2 War & Revolution
    3. 1.3 The Freudian Revolution
    4. 1.4 Modern Art
    5. 1.5 Modernist Poetry
    6. 1.6 The Birth of Film
    7. 1.7 Modern Architecture
    8. 1.8 Music & Dance
  2. CHAPTER 2: THE ROARING TWENTIES & THE GREAT FALL (1920s-1945)
    1. 2.1 The Jazz Age
    2. 2.2 The Great Migration
    3. 2.3 The Harlem Renaissance
    4. 2.4 Modern Art
    5. 2.5 The Lost Generation
    6. 2.6 The Great Depression
    7. 2.7 The Mexican Muralist Movement
    8. 2.8 World War II
  3. CHAPTER 3: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING & BEGINNING OF GLOBALISM (1945-1950s)
    1. 3.1 The Cold War
    2. 3.2 Existentialism
    3. 3.3 Origins of Theater & Theater of the Absurd
    4. 3.4 Abstract Expressionism
  4. CHAPTER 4: LIBERATION AND EQUALITY (1960-ONWARD)
    1. 4.1 Quest for Equality
    2. 4.2 The Civil Rights Movement
    3. 4.3 The Women’s Rights Movement
    4. 4.4 LGBTQIA+ History
    5. 4.5 The Vietnam War
    6. 4.6 Hippies and Counter Culture
    7. 4.7 Birth of Rock n’ Roll, Pop Culture & Mass Media
    8. 4.8 New Modern Art Movements
    9. 4.9 Metamodernism
    10. 4.10 Punk Rock Revolution
  5. CHAPTER 5: HUMANITIES TODAY (2000s-onward)
    1. 5.1 The Information Age
    2. 5.2 Contemporary Art
    3. 5.3 Contemporary Performance

CHAPTER 5: HUMANITIES TODAY (2000s-onward)

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