LH 455 - The Modern World

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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

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4 credits The word "modern" sometimes is used simply to describe anything new and advanced. In thiscourse, the "Modern World" is recognized as the creation of revolutions of the mind that have theirroots in seventeenth-century Western philosophy, but that took hold in many disparate fields in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This course explores the works and impacts of major thinkers of that world-transforming intellectual movement called Modernity. Students analyze some of modernity's most influential works in philosophy, biology, physics, literature, psychology, and theology. Through reading, writing, and seminar discussion, the course challenges students to uncover what modernity means and how it shapes our lives. Such a discovery provides a critical understanding of contemporary culture and provokes consideration of how one can live a more thoughtful and responsible life as a scholar and servant in our postmodern world.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.smumn.edu

Phone Number:

(507) 457-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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