Transcendentalism

 

⭐What is Transcendentalism? 

Transcendentalism is an American literary, philosophical, religious, and political movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. Other important transcendentalists were Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Lydia Maria Child, Amos Bronson Alcott, Frederic Henry Hedge, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and Theodore Parker. Stimulated by English and German Romanticism, the Biblical criticism of Herder and Schleiermacher, and the skepticism of Hume, the transcendentalists operated with the sense that a new era was at hand. They were critics of their contemporary society for its unthinking conformity, and urged that each person find, in Emerson’s words, “an original relation to the universe”. Emerson and Thoreau sought this relation in solitude amidst nature, and in their writing. By the 1840s they, along with other transcendentalists, were engaged in the social experiments of Brook Farm, Fruitlands, and Walden; and, by the 1850s in an increasingly urgent critique of American slavery. To read more click here 

⭐ Question-Answer section : 

1. Transcendentalist talks about individual's relation with nature. What is nature for you? Share your views. 

answer: 

In theory of transcendentalism we find three most important charactristics which are 1, Individualism 2, Idealism 3,Divinity of nature. Transcendentalist championed the idea of individualism and believed in the idea of self-reliance. They thought that individual entity is the spiritual center of the universe where the prime importance of individual presence on society is established to make progression and development. They critique the society and political aspects which destroy human mind and corrupt their souls. Hence, they believed in the independent of every individual and one should listen to their own mind and soul. The idea of individual's relation with nature is somewhere connected with the idea of romanticism. In romanticism there is all about return to nature and in this theory of Transcendentalism seems like to find peace in the nature. According to my point of view nature always make person happy. Nature gives us freedom to think in peace and nature keep person far from polution, population and cause of that person feel so free to think. In this busy world people faces so many problrms in their life and to spent time in nature make us free to those problems for some time.

2. Transcendentalism is an American philosophy that influenced american literature At length. can you find any indian/Rigional Literature or philosophy came up with such similar thought? 

Answer: 

Every country or field have a diffrent culture. And every culture have their diffrent rituals and rules. Also they have a diffrent theory, Philosophy and literature. Literature always became mirror of the society. In transcendentalism we can see that American influence. As we in theory of transcendentalism talked about purity of human mind, morals and truthness in behaviour is already there in human beings by born. We have philosophy of  अहं ब्रह्मास्मि which is as same like Transcendentalism . Let's see the video to understand properly indian philosophy. 

so this is my answer to the thinking activity.