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Class 10 Social Science
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Do you agree with the view that the print culture created the conditions within which French Revolution occurred? Give arguments in support of your answer.
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Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors are interdepend as mentioned below:
(i) When we produce goods by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the primary sector. It is primary because it forms the base for all other products that we have subsequently make.
(ii) The secondary sector covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms manually or by machines. For example wheat is used to manufactured bread. So there is mutual dependency between primary and secondary sector.
(iii) The activities that help in the development of the primary and secondary sectors fall under the tertiary sector. These activities by themselves do not produce a good but they are an aid or an support for the production process. Transport, storage, communication and banking are some examples of tertiary activities.
It is generally agreed that the print culture was responsible for the outbreak of French Revolution. The following arguments are given in support of this view:
(i) Popularisation of ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers: It is stated that print culture popularised the writings of Rousseau, Voltaire and others. These thinkers were against the sacred authority of the church and the despotic power of state. Rousseau’s ideal of ‘liberty, equality and fraternity’ become the motto of the revolutionaries. These ideas enlightened the masses.
(ii) New culture and dialogue and debate: With the coming of print culture, people become aware of the power of reason. They started questioning the existing ideas and belifs and authority of the church.
(iii) Criticism of royalty of their morality; New literature criticised royalty for their lavish life style at a time when people were suffering from hunger. Cartoons and caricatures showed that the monarchy was absorbed in sensual pleasures. The ordinary people i.e., peasants, artisans and workers, had a hard time while the nobility enjoyed life and oppressed the poor. Such writings led to the growth of hostile sentiments against the monarchy. It played a significant role by influencing the people to think in different ways and questioning the authority of the monarchs as well as the church.