文学百科 The Literature Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)
1874. Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, with its fatalistic portrayal of the inequitable condition of humankind, foreshadows French naturalism.
He rejects the fatalistic argument that populism is a straightforward revolt against immigration and progressive cultural attitudes Economic insecurity always triggers angst about culture and suspicion of outsiders.
Whereas other people, who through a personality test were seen to be more fatalistic, which means that they thought events were inevitable, or pre-determined, were more likely to have the time-moving perspective of time.