THE DAWN OF THE 21ST

CENTURY

ROLE OF WOMEN More women enter the workforce. Continued rise of feminism. Simone de Beuvoir- The Second Sex

Exposed family law as favoring men.Criticized the acceptance of spousal abuse.

EASTERN EUROPEAN WOMEN No feminist movement All had choice to work, perceived as

socially equal to men under communist rule

Little concern given to women’s rights as countries became emancipated.

INTELLECTUALS Initially turned to communism As they saw Stalin’s Great Purges,

invasion of Hungary in 1956, and other forms of Soviet aggression, they abandoned the notion.

Communism “the God that failed” Supported Marxism

EXISTENIALISM Nietzsche and Kierkagaard- disliked

Hegel Rationalism- Sartre, Camus, Heidigger Death, Fear, Anxiety

AMERICANIZATION

ENVIRONMENTALISM Natural resources limited Dead fish in the Thames Rhine River Pollution Acid Rain in Sweden and Germany

GERMAN GREENS Radical environmental group who seek

to bring about changes to government’s environmental policies.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2011/0328/How-Germany-s-Greens-rose-from-radical-fringe-to-ruling-power

CHERNOBYL Nuclear Reactor melt-down in the

Ukraine. Effects still felt today, more than 25

years later. Made people question nuclear power

and safety.

CHERNOBYL: YEARS AFTER

CHERNOBYL TODAY