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Two Main Stages
Two Main Stages
The cultural revolution evaluated society
in two important stages, providing material for analysis,
conversation, and reform. First, intellectuals aimed
to develop comprehensive critiques of of social and
fundamental British
life, including court government, society and culture,
systems of court and patronage, paternalism and patriarchy,
and social emulation of courtliness. These developed
critiques were the result of the cycle of intelligent
conversation, combined with the circulation and
availability of printed materials.
The second stage of the cultural revolution
used these analyses as the substance for the development
of new ideas designed to fix the problems uncovered.
Intellectuals and professionals wanted a modernization
of society, economy and state. These changes were most
likely to be realized by taking into account the intervention
and opinions of people who struggled against the existing
system, such as artisans, religious dissenters and commercial
bourgeois. Having a solid understanding of the social
constructs of life, as well as a subjective comprehension
of the true
self, intellectuals were able to view all the problems
in contemporary society – and offer viable solutions.
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