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384 matches to Civil Rights Movement
Scholasticism. 11-14C. Christian movement to reconcile faith, reason. Anselm. Thomas Aquinas. Duns Scotus.
Scientology. 1955-. Religious/scientific movement founded by Hubbard.
Secularism. Humanism. Movement toward “this-worldliness”.
Separatism. 1960-. Quebec movement for political independence from Canada. Referendum defeated 1980, 1995.
Sigurdsson, Jon. 1811-79. Icelandic statesman. Led self-government movement.
Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.
Slavophile. 19C Russian intellectual movement. Believed in superiority of Russian culture.
Solidarity. 1980. Polish workers movement led by Walesa. Martial Law 1981-83. Democratic elections 1989.
Stakhanovism. 1935. Soviet movement to increase workers’ output. Rewards for exceeding quota.
Sturm und Drang. 1760-80. German anti-enlightenment literary movement. Goethe. Klinger.
Sufism. 8/9C Persian Moslem movement. Soul’s personal union with God. =Islamic mysticism.
Surrealism. 1920-. Artistic and literary movement dealing with the expression of the subconscious mind, fantasy, dreams. Klee, Dali, de Chirico, Chagall.
Symbolists. 19C French literary movement expressing truth subjectively by symbols. Spread to art, music. Verlaine. Mallarmé. Munch.
Syndicalism. 1900-39. Union movement vs capitalistic order by direct action, general strikes. Sorel. IWW.
Talât Pasha. 1874-1921. Young Turk leader. Ruled with Triumvirate 1913-18.
Technocracy. 1931- US movement advocating reorganization of society on technological principles.
Temperance Movement. 1808 Begun in NY by women and churches. 1874 WCTU. 1890 Carry Nation. 1893 Anti-Saloon League. Prohibition.
Tractarian Movement. Oxford Movement. 1833- Named after Tracts for the Times. Condemned at Oxford 1841.
Transcendental Meditation. Based on Vedas. Modern movement established by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1958.
Trotskyists. 1965-75. Revolutionary radical-left syndicalist movements propounding Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution.
Turnverein. 1811. German Nationalist gymnastic movement vs Napoleon. Jahn.
Ulster Peace Movement. 1976-. Protestant and Catholic women attempt to end Northern Ireland violence.
Ultraismo. 1918-30. Spanish Symbolist poetry movement. Free verse, daring imagery.
Ultramontanism. 15-19C. Roman Catholic movement for papal authority. Gallicanism.
Vorticism. 1900-20. Art movement of mechanical forms and angles. Lewis. Gaudier-Brzeska.