For Carlyle, chaotic events demanded what he called 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within society. While not denying the importance of economic and practical explanations for events, he saw these forces as 'spiritual' - the hopes and aspirations of people that took the form of ideas, and were often ossified into ideologies ("formulas" or "isms," as he called them). In Carlyle's view, only dynamic individuals could master events and direct these spiritual energies effectively: as soon as ...
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For Carlyle, chaotic events demanded what he called 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within society. While not denying the importance of economic and practical explanations for events, he saw these forces as 'spiritual' - the hopes and aspirations of people that took the form of ideas, and were often ossified into ideologies ("formulas" or "isms," as he called them). In Carlyle's view, only dynamic individuals could master events and direct these spiritual energies effectively: as soon as ideological 'formulas' replaced heroic human action, society became dehumanised.
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