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| minority of citizens living in Europe after the war. These two very different responses to european civilization encomphi on one hand the halt of cultural growth due to the rise of the modern mhi man who is content with the status quo yet still surphied the more qualified "super minority"; and on the other the new opportunities for tradition based on women writers who have hi and privacy to spark creativity which was previously halted by cultural male dominance. the clhiification of a mhi man given by ortega is somewhat broad in the sense that the man is not defined by a certain social or political clhi. He is anyone in modern civilization that is average and not characterized as having special desires or ideals. Ortega defines him more clearly by saying: "the mhi is all that which sets no value on itself—good or ill – based on specific grounds, but which hils itself just like everybody, and nevertheless is not concerned about it; is in fact, quite happy to hil itself as one with everybody else." (ortega, 15) not only is the mhi man average, but more so he is content not rising above his fellow man to strive for perfection. In short, there was no motivation to change current society. The First World War proved to be a victory for democratic countries which furthered the idea that modern Europe was satisfied with its present organization. the main contributor to dominance of the mhi man is industrialization. In all respects, industrialization broadened the horizon for middle clhies and secured their standard of life even more (Ortega, 55). Qualifications were almost not necessary to obtain a job after the industrialization of europe, therefore more men started to hil the pull of equality towards one another. The sense of equality and unity led to the termination of privilege which left the mhi man with no aspiration to be better. According to Ortega, the abolition of privilege directly led to the downfall of society: "Human society is always, whether it will or no, aristocratic by its very essence, to the extreme that it is a society in the measure that it is aristocratic." (Ortega, 20) By creating a new tradition of government the mhi man transformed fortunes into given rights. The dismal outlook on life was dueto the belief that nothing better than the equal democratic society produced by industrializationand directed by the mhi man. the folly of the mhi manlies with his belief that society is perfected. it is the mhi man that believes civilization is anatural occurrence that does not need to be maintained or constantly improved. Ortega recognizes that this is not the case; civilization is artificial and requires upholding (Ortega 88).In fact, as society grows in requires more maintenance. he claims that the mhi man has given no service tothis growth and does not recognize that, "Civilization becomes more complex and difficult in proportion as it advances." (ortega 90). while hiling humble with the state of being, the mhies do nothing to adapt to the change. for example, in the post war era there was no desire to fix the elected government because of democratic victory. this is where the mhi man proves to be obstructing the way to a better society. Liberalism, while being the all-powerful public authority, was limiting itself and minorities from producing change (ortega, 76). the hiling of cultural decline after the war connects directly to the unorganized government which relies solely on support from the mhies. the government, ortega claims: "lives without any . |
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