Terms David Byrne Robert Fripp Modernity Individualism Liberals Conservatives Utopianism ou topo Shakers Oneida Colonists Mormons Auguste Comte Gaius Gracchus Babeuf Utopian Socialists Fourier Saint Simon Blanc Scientific Socialism Marx Engels Dialectic Hegel dialectical materialism 1848 The Manifesto bourgeoisie proletariat praxis Darwin Social Darwinism Malthus Lamarck Lyell Gould vs Dawkins April 8 2014 Modernity o o o o o o Scientific advances Shedding traditional sources of authority Solving Problems Progress Individualism Capitalism Meaning Constant change Challenges of Modernity o Relentless change o Haste o Loss of religious values o The spread of nihilism o Exploitation of workers of colonies o Winners and Losers o Increasingly competitive discourses Western Responses to the Challenge of Modernity Liberals step by step progress Conservatives tradition Religion Evangelicalism the Catholic Response OR SOLVE EVERYTHING Utopia Answers or new problems American Utopias Shaker Mormon Fourierist Utopias Gaius Gracchus Babeuf Comte de Ste Simon Louis Blanc State Socialism Karl Marx Hegelian dialectic Marxian dial mat Class interest and class conflict as the engine of Young Charles Darwin Older Darwin Biology and evolution o Natural Selection o Survival of the fittest o Leads to new species o Confirmed by genetics o Foundation of modern biology o Applied to human societies o Social Darwinism o Eugenics o What is fit Who decides o Is there a racial destiny to rule or to die off Stephen Jay Gould punctuated equilibria Richard Dawkins gene level selection