Explaining the Protestant Reformation
History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett
The Struggle Between Humanism and Modern Authority
This chapter examines the clash between humanism and current societal attitudes towards knowledge and expert authority. It critiques the discouragement of independent inquiry while highlighting the philosophical implications of reducing human autonomy.
In this episode of History 102, 'WhatIfAltHist' creator Rudyard Lynch and co-host Austin Padgett talk about the Protestant Reformation, masterfully drawing parallels between historical information technology revolutions (like the printing press) and our current internet age, exploring how such advances fundamentally alter how societies process information and relate to authority.
They offer fresh perspectives on well-worn historical territory, suggesting for instance that the Reformation wasn't just about religious doctrine, but represented a quantum leap in human agency and individualism that helped birth the modern world.
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HIGHLIGHTS:
History as psychological/biological process
Importance of psychological shifts in Reformation
Two modern parallels to Reformation
Warhammer Fantasy analogy
Catholic Church's medieval dominance
Carl Jung's analysis of Catholicism
Information technology breakthrough comparison
Gutenberg's printing press invention
Media control in 20th century
Catholic Church's role in literacy
Catholic Church as science investor
Discussion of Cathars and early heresies
Impact of Black Death
Italian Renaissance discussion
Martin Luther's background
Luther's 95 Theses
Introduction of Calvinism
Calvinism and totalitarianism
Spanish attempts to destroy Protestantism
Germanic and English Protestant adoption
Modern elite's Protestant/French Revolution roots
Harvard's Calvinist origins
Left's appropriation of Protestant ideas
Modern rejection of rational inquiry
Elite perspectives on population control
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BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
"The Reformation" by Will Durant"
"Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World" by Alec Ryrie
"Doubt" by Alec Ryrie
"A Secular Age" by Charles Taylor
"Rise of the West" by William H. McNeill
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