New Humanism

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New Humanism is an early 20th-century intellectual and literary movement that emphasized classical moral restraint, individual ethical responsibility, and a critical stance toward romanticism and modern relativism.

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instanceOf intellectual movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
advocates education in the classics ⓘ
ethical standards in criticism ⓘ
formation of character through literature ⓘ
associatedWith Harvard University ⓘ
Irving Babbitt ⓘ
Paul Elmer More ⓘ
linked to: Irving Babbitt
contrastsWith modernist relativism ⓘ
romantic humanism ⓘ
scientific naturalism ⓘ
emergedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
emphasizes classical moral restraint ⓘ
individual ethical responsibility ⓘ
field cultural criticism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName American New Humanism ⓘ
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Irving Babbitt’s New Humanism ⓘ
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New Humanistic movement ⓘ
hasCoreConcept critique of sentimental humanitarianism ⓘ
ethical criticism of literature ⓘ
inner check on impulse ⓘ
return to classical standards ⓘ
hasViewOnEthics ethics grounded in enduring standards ⓘ
hasViewOnHumanNature human beings require discipline to restrain impulse ⓘ
hasViewOnLiterature literature should cultivate moral discernment ⓘ
influenced 20th-century conservative literary criticism ⓘ
debates on humanism in American letters ⓘ
influencedBy Greco-Roman ethical thought ⓘ
Stoic moral philosophy ⓘ
classical humanism ⓘ
opposes aestheticism divorced from ethics ⓘ
excessive individualism in romanticism ⓘ
moral relativism ⓘ
originatedIn United States ⓘ
reactsAgainst modernist skepticism about moral norms ⓘ
naturalism in literature ⓘ
romantic emotionalism ⓘ
stresses discipline of the will ⓘ
ethical universals ⓘ
moral judgment ⓘ
self-control ⓘ
takesCriticalStanceToward modern relativism ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
timePeriodOfActivity 1900s ⓘ
1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ

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Irving Babbitt → movement → New Humanism ⓘ
Irving Babbitt → notableIdea → New Humanism ⓘ
John H. Brockman → notableWork → The New Humanists ⓘ
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Werner Jaeger → movement → Third Humanism ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism
Irving Babbitt → movement → New Humanism ⓘ
subject linked to: Babbitt
New Humanism → hasAlternativeName → Irving Babbitt’s New Humanism ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism
New Humanism → hasAlternativeName → American New Humanism ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism
Literature and the American College → influenced → New Humanism movement ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism
The New Laokoon → relatedTo → New Humanism movement ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism
On Being Creative → associatedWith → New_Humanism ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism
Babbitt_concept_of_the_higher_will → partOf → New_Humanism_(Irving_Babbitt) ⓘ
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Babbitt_concept_of_the_higher_will → relatedTo → New_Humanism_movement ⓘ
linked to: New Humanism