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This 6 page paper reviews an essay by Sigmund Freud ("Thoughts for the Times on War and Death") and a book by Jose Ortega Y. Gassett (The Revolt of the Masses). The works are discussed as it relates to the topic. They are also compared and contrasted. No additional sources cited.
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intellectuals even use the term "malaise of the twentieth century" when referring to the post WWI world. The twentieth century is a long time from the Enlightenment Era when thinking
shifted. Still, there does seem to be new ideas and interests as the twenty-first century unfolds, and in part, this is a result of the New Ageism as well as
a renewed interest in philosophy. The post World War I era had witnessed many problems as it respects humanity. There had been an unprecedented wrath of violence. There had in
fact been little wars through the second half of the twentieth century and as the twenty-first emerges, there is a tremendous war on terrorism, a war that has been dubbed
"a different kind of war." Yet, as casualties mount, it seems like just a regular war. In some way, the thinking has shifted. The optimism of the nineteenth century had
prompted a new era of change. It saw an emergence of new technology and the modern age. There was industry and manufacturing and for the first time, uniformity in business.
Companies could produce things that were the same and sell them all over the nation. Later, globalization would take over, but confuse this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the
twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, and a new sense that there is turmoil in the world and that things must change. It
does seem to be a pessimistic era indeed. In The Revolt of the Masses, Gassett makes the point that the people of the twentieth century to some extent expect
everything and give little to the world. His point is well taken and can help to explain the problems that are inherent today. Indeed, people born today, and in the
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