Cultural Revolution Study Notes

Cultural Revolution Section 1: New Ideas - A group of thinkers called the British classical school, led by the Scottish economist Adam Smith, gave the laissez-faire principle its fullest explanation and defense between the 1770's and the 1840's. - Their support came at a time when laissez faire suited the needs of a rapidly developing industrial economy. The classical economists started from the assumption that individuals are motivated by self-interest. They maintained that people serve their …

…must deal with one's innermost fears and thoughts is perhaps most often found in the work of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. - As he grew older, Goya became increasingly depressed and discouraged about his own life and humanity in general. - Goya was one of the first artists to persistently explore the dark side of the human mind. Some of his work evokes a disturbing nightmare full of haunting thoughts about life and war.