ENGLISH 148B - Secularization and Modernity: Cross-Disciplinary Readings 1750-1914

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

English

Description:

An exploration of the concept of secularization as the key-concept driving European modernity, with focus on the period from the Enlightenment to the early 20th century; readings to be selected from literary, sociological, philosophical, political, and theological writings; authors may include some of the following: Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Blake, Goethe, Coleridge, Kierkegaard, J. H. Newman, Flaubert, G. Eliot, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, M. Weber, Durkheim. Original research projects to explore with primary and secondary materials. Instructor: Pfau

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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