"The Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson -an essay expressing Transcendentalist ideas

"The Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson -an essay expressing Transcendentalist ideas

Content

Introduction……………………………………………………………….………3

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson's life story…………………………………………….....5

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   Definition of Transcendentalism…………………………………………...…..7
   

3. Emerson's Transcendentalist ideas expressed in "The Nature"…….…...……...27

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….….35References…………………………………………………………………..……37

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Introduction

20 specialists will be sent abroad annually for doctoral studies through the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation to increase the scientific and pedagogical potential in this sphere¹.
The United States of America has a rich history of disorder and transformation; it was famous of its major events and movements that made a great change in the American life. The united states have seen a lot of changes through decades, and each decade characterized by specific events and a new lifestyle.
The 19^th century in America witnessed a large number of events and movements that changed the American norms, behaviors, thoughts and even the way of thinking. During this period of time, transcendentalism began as a philosophical movement in the mid-1830s in the eastern Massachusetts, this movement was based on logic rather than imagination; it came to transform ideas into concrete actions, and increasing from the fields of religion, education, literature, philosophy, and social reform².
Transcendentalism testified the emergence of many writers among them: Ralph Waldo Emerson who was the father of transcendental movement, he believed that God and man have related to nature, and every man should be individual and have selfconfidence. Emerson, in Self-Reliance essay, talked about such important topics in politics, society, and culture, he also spoke about conformity, non-conformity, freedom, individuality, peace and hope. In this wave, people started to influence by Emerson’s words, they began react against their rights and demand equality between men and women. Although, this movement was limited, its waves continued to spread through decades, and Emerson’s ideas stabilized in people’s minds and changed their way of thinking.
In this work, the focus will be on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance essay (1841), and the interest question is: How does transcendentalism influence the modern American times, starting from the sixties to this day?
To achieve the objective of the study, the analysis will be on Emerson’s ideas in Self-Reliance and compare it with those of the sixties; the focus will be on politics, culture and society. Finally, it attempts to prove that transcendentalism still exist in the present with the example of presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
This research work is divided into two chapters: the first one entitled the 19^th century Transcendentalism; it is about transcendentalism, its origin, and the reasons for the rise of this movement. This chapter also spoke about the main concepts of Self-Reliance essay and its writer Ralph Waldo Emerson¹.
The second chapter entitled the impact of Emerson’s transcendentalism on the development of decades through Self-Reliance. Its aim is to analyze some ideas and thoughts of the American politics, society, and culture in the sixties and make a comparison to Emerson’s thoughts through Self-Reliance. The focus will be on presidents in the sixties such as President John F. Kennedy as well as President Ronald Regan in the ninetieth. Also culture which will be based on some singers who were influenced by Emerson’s ideas, and talked about movements that happened during the sixties such as the Hippie Movement and the Civil Rights Movements. At the end of the research, it attempts to be proved that transcendentalism still exist nowadays by giving examples such as presidents Obama and Trump.