Concetti Chiave
- The Victorian era was dominated by the middle class, symbolizing morality, social conformity, and economic prosperity, with strict adherence to social standards.
- The concept of the "Victorian Compromise" highlighted the obligation of the middle class to support the poor, while the poor endorsed their decisions, maintaining the upper class's authority.
- Evangelicalism, emphasizing charity and biblical importance, significantly influenced Victorian values, contrasting with the utilitarian focus on middle-class interests and rational problem-solving.
- Scientific advancements, such as Charles Darwin's theories of natural selection, led to the societal adoption of "social Darwinism," justifying economic competition and lack of compassion for the poor.
- Despite prevailing social Darwinism, movements inspired by Karl Marx emerged, advocating for the support and betterment of the poor.
Victorian Compromise
Victorian society was based on the value of the work hard, in fact the class that represent these years is the middle one. The middle class was the expression of morality, severity and comformity to social standards. They had possession of good manners, money and servants. The middle class families had the husband as the dominant figure and his wife that had to obey him. The morality was also very important, in fact sexuality was generally repressed.
These times are remembered as “the victorian compromise”. Middle class’s man was becoming richer and richer because of the progress,but the poor remained in their bad conditions. The compromise was based on the help that middle class had to give to poor people and the poor people in return had to support their decision, so the upper class could keep its power.
The Victorian Frame of mind
The victorian values were influenced by the “Evangelicalism”, a christian movement based on charity and on the importance of Bible in life. The other movement that influenced Victoria code of values and that is in a complete constrast with the first one, was the “utilitarism”. The members of this movement put at the center middle class’s interests and thought that through reason every problem could be overcome. With the scientific fast progress of these years,the world was in a situation of stability and man belief that they had in their hand all the possible consciousness. An important scientist of the Victorian age was Charles Darwin, who wrote his theories about human evolution through the natural selection (very far from the church). This conception was adopted in society too with the “social Darwinism”. The economic competition was the same as natural selection so the poor and the oppressed didn’t deserve compassion. But also born some movement in favour of poor thanks the ideas of Karl Marx
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué representaba la clase media en la sociedad victoriana?
- ¿Cómo influenciaron el Evangelicalismo y el Utilitarismo los valores victorianos?
- ¿Cuál fue el impacto de las teorías de Charles Darwin en la sociedad victoriana?
La clase media representaba la moralidad, la severidad y la conformidad a los estándares sociales, poseyendo buenos modales, dinero y sirvientes.
El Evangelicalismo promovía la caridad y la importancia de la Biblia, mientras que el Utilitarismo se centraba en los intereses de la clase media y la resolución de problemas mediante la razón.
Las teorías de Darwin sobre la evolución y la selección natural influyeron en la sociedad con el "darwinismo social", justificando la falta de compasión hacia los pobres y oprimidos.
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