Editing Romanticism and its Critique (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Romanticism is understood through '''Feeling''' and '''Rebellion'''.

'''1. The "Wild" Self (Emotion)''':
"I feel, therefore I am."
* For the Romantic, "Reason" is a "Straitjacket."
* The "Truth" of life is found in "Passion," "Melancholy," and "Love."
* The "Mind" is not a "Clock"; it is a "Dark Forest."
* This "Shift" led to the "Birth" of "Psychology" and the "Focus" on "Inner Life."

'''2. The "Holy" Wild (Nature)''':
Nature is not a "Resource" to be "Used" (Enlightenment view).
* Nature is a **"Spiritual Force."**
* The "Artist" goes to the "Mountains" to "Reconnect" with the "Infinite."
* This is the "Foundation" of "Modern Environmentalism": the belief that "Nature" has "Intrinsic Value" beyond its "Utility."

'''3. The "Critique of the Machine" (Anti-Industrialism)''':
The "Factory" "De-humanizes" the soul.
* Romantics saw the "Industrial Revolution" as the "Satanic Mills" (Blake).
* It turned "Humans" into "Cogs" and "Nature" into "Smoke."
* They "Rebelled" by "Valuing" the "Hand-made," the "Ancient," and the "Uselessly Beautiful."

'''The 'Sturm und Drang' (Storm and Stress)'''': A German literary movement that "Broke all the Rules" of "Logic." It focused on "Extreme Emotions" and "Individual Rebellion." It proved that "Human Beings" "Crave" "Meaning and Passion" more than they crave "Order and Comfort."
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