HISTORY 426 - Modern european Intellectual history

Institution:

Rhodes College

Subject:

Description:

Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar examines some of the leading developments in European thought from the eighteenth century to the present. Some of the issues/intellectual trends to be discussed include the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and natural rights, political economy and liberalism, the Industrial Revolution and socialism, Darwin and Social Darwinism, the "irrational" in late nineteenth-century thought, the impact of the two world wars, feminism, the Cold War and existentialism, and student radicalism and the new left.Prerequisites: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.rhodes.edu

Phone Number:

(901) 843-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.