AP Euro Notes Sec 24-2 pp. 732-746 Nalani Story Toward the Modern Consciousness: Intellectual and Cultural Developments Near end of 19 cent, new view of physical universal-an appeal to irrational, alternative views of human nature, and racially innovative forms of literary and artistic expression shattered old beliefs and opened the way to a modern consciousness Challenged many assumptions generated by Sci Revolution & Enlightenment New ideas called forth sense of confusion/anxiety that would become even more pronounced after world war I Developments in the Sciences: The Emergence of a New Physics Sci=chief pillars supporting optimistic & rationalistic view of world that many West shared in 19 cent