HUM 21 - Culture and Exchange

Institution:

Drew University

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Description:

This course introduces students to the idea of exchange as the basis for all human interaction by comparing ideas about and principles of exchange through different disciplinary lenses: exchange in the arts (patronage, sales, publication, criticism), economics (barter and money economics, credit), anthropology (gift-giving, marriage, ritual) and linguistics (language per se) are all possible avenues of investigation and comparison. Offering to be determined. A series of four interdisciplinary introductions to the life of the humanities in the West. Each course presents its historical and cultural period through representative works from the fields of art, architecture, classics, history, literature, music, and philosophy. Surveying major ideas, forms, and forces in their historical and aesthetic contexts, the courses ask new questions of established works and broaden traditional canons. Team taught by faculty from two humanities disciplines.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.drew.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 408-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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