The Meaning of the Titanic

The Titanic disaster of 1912 has been endlessly rehashed and scrutinized in books, films, videos, TV shows and every other kind of media. But few of these presentations try to pin down what the disaster really means, and what its place is in history. In this video, I will take a comprehensive look at the meaning of the Titanic disaster, which involves the coming of World War I, gender, ethnicity, colonialism, technology, philosophy and even music. This video goes in a lot of different directions--use the chapters to navigate! Some selected sources mentioned in the video: BBC: Searching for the Missing Chinese Titanic Survivors: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56755614 Washington Post, Why You've Never Heard of the Six Chinese Men who Survived the Titanic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/19/why-youve-never-heard-of-the-six-chinese-men-who-survived-the-titanic/ The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman (Amazon link): https://www.amazon.com/Proud-Tower-Portrait-Before-1890-1914/dp/0345405013/ Liber Novus (the Red Book) by Carl Jung, 2009 Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Book-Philemon-C-Jung/dp/0393065677/ My website: https://www.seanmunger.com My Ko-fi: https://Ko-fi.com/seanmunger My blog: https://www.gardenofmemory.net/ (Note, my Substack and Patreon are no longer active). Chapters: 00:00-06:44: Intro & Road Map 06:44-10:52: Most Historians Don't Think It Means Anything 10:52-23:46: Titanic as Industrial Technology 23:46-33:23: The Titanic & Ireland 33:23-40:40: Women (And Men) on the Titanic 40:40-52:11: Race, Ethnicity & Colonialism 52:11-57:51: Labor & the Titanic 57:51-58:58: How to Support My Work 58:58-1:06:20: The Proud Tower 1:06:20-1:15:13: Quiver Theory 1:15:13-1:22:46: The Other Quivers 1:22:46-1:29:19: The Psychological Quivers - Jung & Meidner 1:29:19-1:33:49: Quivers of a Future Catastrophe? 1:33:49-1:37:40: The Cult of Technology 1:37:40-1:40:37: Summing Up 1:40:37-1:44:02: Conclusion - 5 Days After