Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Reaction, concomitant with post-war existence, has forced the leaders of contemporary thought further from sanity than they would readily admit. In refusing to bend toward any cognizance of that element in human nature upon which war thrives, these intellectuals lean backwards until personal equilibrium is the result merely of their crowded position...
...offset this gloomy inquest, one may delve into the writings of the modern apostle of moderation, Stuart P. Sherman. His happy philosophy sees in the new order of life a perfectly natural reaction against the complacency of the old regime which led to that inverted climax; the greatest war in history. In his essays, such as "My Dear Cornelia" there is a sanity and a sense of proportion lacking in the more radical novelists. Mr. Sherman shows considerable ability in distinguishing highways from byways...
...difficult to assign any definite reasons or canses for the decline in playing brilliance in college circles," Tilden said, "but I am convinced that it is only a temporary one. Perhaps it is a natural reaction to the intense enthusiasm for the sport in 1920, and the following season which so greatly increased its popularity and the proficiency of the undergraduate players of that time...
More vigorous reaction came from some of the Democrats in the House. Representative Linthicum of Maryland exclaimed...
...with the bitterness of religious feuds. He is exploited by Fascismo and swastika, by trade union and international, by militarist and pacifist. As a result he is either enlisted in these camps and immediately formed into the flying squadron as an active participant in the movement, or by violent reaction against such exploitation he has withdrawn either into quasi-Oriental mysticism or the idealistic medieval romance of the wandering student of old. Such movements have practically no counter-part in the United States. In spite of capitalist and Communist the American college student is still remote from current world movements...