HI 208 - The Enlightenment

Institution:

Erie Community College

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Description:

This seminar involves a close reading, in a small group setting, of original Enlightenment texts as intellectual history and a way of situating historical and contemporary understandings of freedom, the role of reason, self-determination, the individual and society. A critical evaluation of original texts and a study of eighteenth century kindling of self-conscious social thought and its influence on the rational organization of society and social institutions in the formative years of the modern natural and social sciences. Prerequisites: any one of the following courses; HI100, HI109, HI111, participation in Honors Concentration or permission of instructor. S ( C, N, S)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ecc.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 842-2770

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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