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3.00 Credits
Examines the major trends and great individual works of modern European thought by situating them in their historical contexts, with an emphasis on the development of social and political thought. First semester: the Enlightenment to the mid-nineteenth century; explorations of works by Voltaire, Hume, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, the Romantics, Hegel, Marx, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, and others.
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3.00 Credits
Continues from 340. Second semester: the period from the late nineteenth century to the present; begins with the critique of liberalism and rationalism in the works of Nietzsche, Pareto, and Freud; examines Durkheim, Weber, and the rise of sociology; the intellectual reaction to the First World War, to communism and to fascism; and the reformation of liberal, conservative, and radical thought in the later twentieth century.
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3.00 Credits
In our time, science and technology combine to provide the material framework of daily life, but only in the past two centuries have the two streams begun to converge in a meaningful way. For much of human history, technology has had a far greater impact on human survival. Tool use has allowed humans to expand and exploit their habitat, and increase their control over the natural world. Technological advances and adaptations accelerated militarization, modernization and industrialization in the `Western¿ world, which in turn skewed the global power balance in its favor. Modern medicine and agriculture have led to longer lives and larger populations that increasingly compete for the same resources, while communication and transportation technology continue to shrink the world. This course covers the constantly evolving interaction between our use and abuse of technology and the resulting changes in our world.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Imperial Austria and its European holdings. Part I: 1496-1792. Explores social, cultural, political, and religious history. Concentrates on border conflicts with the Ottoman Empire, the development of government structures, the role of the peasantry, and Vienna's Golden Age of Music.
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3.00 Credits
Continues from 345. Part II: 1792-1920. Examines relations with Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna, the Age of Metternich including the Biedermeier, the revolutions of 1848, the rise of political Nationalism, political and social turmoil in the empire at the end of the nineteenth century, and World War I.
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3.00 Credits
This course principally examines the social, political, cultural, and military history of Europe from 1848 to the end of World War I. Among the topics covered are the Revolutions of 1848 ¿49, the Impact of Darwinian Thought, the Stirrings of Nationalism resulting in Italian and German Unification and the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, Reforms in Imperial Russia, the Second Industrial Revolution, Europe¿s New Imperialism with Social Darwinism, Freud¿s Psychoanalysis and Einstein¿s Relativity, Long- and Short-Term Causes of World War I, World War I and its Consequences, the Russian Revolution, and the Peace of Paris. This is a lecture-discussion course. Students are expected to develop a basic knowledge of major developments in European history from 1848 to 1920. The course seeks to sharpen students¿ research skills in preparing course papers and to improve the clarity and persuasiveness of their writings.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course seeks to investigate the social, economic, and cultural origins of popular music in American society during the twentieth century. In order to reconstruct the context in which very diverse musical styles arose, it is my hope to demystify the history and make clear the social and economic movements, which made rock `n¿ roll a permanent part of American popular music. Through a detailed analysis of popular music history from nineteenth century minstrelsy to the emergence of Tin Pan Alley in the twentieth century to the postwar world of rhythm and blues and the heyday of the counterculture of the 1960s, we will, through the use of lecture materials, books, movies, interviews, and music recordings try to reconstruct the emergence of a new legitimate popular music: Rock `n¿ Roll.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history of Washington, DC, in the context of the larger history of American urbanization. The course makes extensive use of Washington¿s resources, with numerous field trips and classes at various city locales.
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