First, the emergence of the Renaissance Renaissance is one of the three major ideological emancipation movements in modern European history. It happened in the 4th century to 6th century, originated in Italy, and then developed to various European countries. This ideological emancipation movement involves all fields of society, including art, culture, philosophy, law, history and so on.
Before the ideological emancipation movement came into being, that is, when Western Europe was still in the Middle Ages, it was a dark social era, and the mainstream ideology at that time was Christian theology.
What is the core of Christian theology?
Simply put, it is to regard God as absolute authority.
In that feudal society, people's thoughts were severely bound by the Christian church, and people dared not do whatever they wanted, fearing that they would be punished or executed if they accidentally violated God's ban. So in the Middle Ages, everything seemed lifeless and lifeless because it was suppressed.
1 1 century, in the late middle ages, with the economic recovery, early capitalism sprouted and people's living standards improved greatly. Under the background of social and economic prosperity, people began to have new pursuits and new hopes for life, and these behaviors of pursuing personal happiness and pleasure in life are contrary to the ideological proposition of the church.
Therefore, in the14th century, Italy, as a highly developed city, was the first to rise up against the Catholic ascetic culture. After that, people began to express their cultural ideas in various forms, and in this process, a large number of outstanding talents appeared, such as Dante, Boccaccio, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare and so on.
Having said that, I need to emphasize again,
Second, what is the core idea of the Renaissance? Humanistic spirit! The basic core content of humanism is "restraining gods and promoting people", people-oriented, people-oriented and opposing theology. Humanism emphasizes human personality, dignity and value, advocates pursuing individuality, emancipating the mind and opposing oppression.
Therefore, to sum up, we can find that the core ideas of the Renaissance and the mainstream ideology of the Middle Ages are completely opposite and relative. It is this ideological emancipation movement that has greatly liberated human nature.
In this open ideological environment, people have greater courage to do what they want to do, which is also the reason why social labor productivity has been greatly developed, and all walks of life in society have begun to show new development trends.
3. Why did the Renaissance lay the ideological foundation for the emergence of European capitalism? Renaissance is an important turning point in European history. It is regarded as the dividing line between modern society and the Middle Ages, and its appearance has profoundly changed European society.
Engels once commented on the Renaissance:
This is the greatest and most progressive change that mankind has never experienced, and it is an era when giants are needed and produced-giants in thinking ability, enthusiasm and personality, versatility and erudition. Yes, no matter from which aspect, the Renaissance has a great and positive impact on human beings. This is a progressive change, which awakens people's scientific and cultural spirit, labor creation spirit, enterprising spirit and adventurous spirit, which run through all aspects of people's social life.
The rise of the Renaissance greatly liberated the thought of human nature, stimulated the creative potential and the desire for knowledge and exploration of human beings, and laid a solid foundation for the development of modern capitalism.
References:
Full leisure. History of Western Philosophy (Volume I), Shanghai People's Publishing House.
Qi hongqi. Out of the Middle Ages-Educational Feelings in the Renaissance [M]. beijing normal university publishing house
Jiang Fangzhen. History of European Renaissance [M]. Beijing: Commercial Press.
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