Revolutionary Culture
Cultural transformation
from the American and French Revolutions
Intellectual Vision - the seed of revolution
- The Enlightenment - an appeal to the intellect and human
reason
- Age of awakening to a new order or paradigm rejecting the
old order
- Age of aristocracy replaced with an age of reason
- Natural Law - Belief that certain principles are
eternal and present in nature
- Freedom of man
- Equality of man
- Result = Solidarity of humanity in pursuit of the revolutionary
ideals
- From God - to King - to Man is replaced with…
- From God - to Nature - to Man
- Passion - an appeal to the heart rather than the mind
- Call to arms - "These are the times that try men's
souls."
- Will to resist - "No man has received from nature
the right to command others."
- Result = Action in open revolt
Images of Revolution 
- Heroic - The few
that rise to the occasion and inspire
- Sacrificial - The
willingness to give of one's self for the cause
- Idealized - Replacing
the real with a more perfect form to aspire toward
- Rome's Republic inspires a New Republic in America
and France
Ideals of Revolution
- The Tripartite of Ideals
- American - Life, Liberty and the Pursuit
of Happiness
- French - Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
- Life - Animate existence of the individual
- Liberty - Freedom to act and choose one's course
- Happiness - The state of joy or pleasure
- Fraternity - Brotherhood or collection of people with
like interests
- American emphasis on individual life and their choices
leading to their happiness
- French emphasis on collective brotherhood and collective
equality therein
Sounds of the Revolution
Humanities
Resource of Mark Hunter