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3.00 Credits
course traces the development of major ideas in a broad array of fields, including politics, religion, psychology, and history, through the Civil War era. While it focuses chiefly on formal thought, it also pays attention to trends in popular culture and to the social context. It relies heavily on primary source readings, a number of which are literary in character. Some questions examined involve the relationship between intellectual and social change, the distinctiveness of American thought, and the role of an intellectual elite in a democratic society. (Singal, offered alternate years)
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course covers the history of American thought and culture from the late Victorian period to the present, examining forces that led Americans to rebel against the Victorian world view and which were responsible for the rise of Modernism. Social and political thought are emphasized, but the rise of the social sciences, new philosophical movements, theology and aesthetics, American identity, the emergence of the university as a major cultural institution, and the role of the intellectual in modern America are also discussed. There is no prerequisite, but HIST 336 is recommended. (Singal, offered alternate years)
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This seminar style course examines the relationship between William Faulkner's literary works and his consciousness of his region's past. It includes intensive reading of four or five of his major novels to determine the ways in which Southern history shaped Faulkner's thought, paying special attention to the technique and structure of his art as a prime source of evidence. Particular attention is paid to such topics as the heroic myth of the Southern aristocracy; his treatment of race; his attitudes toward nature and the wilderness; and his depiction of Southern women. (Singa l, offered annually
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Exercising power that is entirely disproportionate to their small numbers, elites have shaped American society by making political and economic decisions and by influencing cultural values. This seminar explores the history, social composition, and power of elites in American history by asking questions such as: What groups should be considered elites Who belongs to elites, who doesn't, and why How have the makeup and authority of elites changed in U.S. history How do elites use power and understand themselves and their roles How do elites seek to legitimate themselves in a society that prizes democracy and that, since the mid-20th century, has increasingly valued egalitarianism What is the importance of elites for social inequality, economic growth, and race, ethnicity, and gender How are changing understandings of rank, class, wealth, and equality reflected in the cultural realm, especially in the "self-help" literature How is opposition to elites expressed politically and culturally (Hoo d, offered alternate years
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The seminar examines the nature and scope of the contemporary African predicament. Few observers would contest that the African continent is faced with a serious and multifaceted crisis that adversely affects the lives of ordinary people; but there is no agreement on the fundamental causes-nor on the possible solutions. Whereas some locate the roots in the colonial systems and other exogenous factors, others blame the postcolonial governments. This class assesses both perspectives in light of the historical evidence. (Tareke, offered alternate years)
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Historical transformations in child- birthing techniques, child- rearing patterns, and puberty rituals are juxtaposed with emerging notions of "childhood" and "adulthood" in order to elucidate cultural perceptions of the aging process. Marriage patterns and wedding rituals reveal ways in which sexuality and biological reproduction have been structured and controlled in various historical contexts. Multicultural approaches to dying investigate both the philosophy of death and social practices in the care (and neglect) of the dying. Our study of life's final phases will take us into local nursing homes and hospices where the dying have been relegated, for better or worse, in modern times. (Flynn, F all, offered alternate year
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This course traces the converging stories of two culturally distinct culture areas: Russia and Central Asia. Students start with geography, trace the rise of Orthodox and Moslem states and then examine their interactions through the Mongol Conquests, the expansion of the Russian/Soviet Empires and the implications for Russia and Central Asia of the Soviet collapse. (McNally, offered alternate years)
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This course studies Marxian Socialism as a product of history, as a lens through which to view past, present and future history and as a shaper of history. After introduction to the fundamentals (only) of Marx's thought, students examine how those ideas played out during the great 20thcentury revolutions in Russia and China. Finally, students spend a few weeks thinking about uses of socialism today in a possibly Post-Marxian world. (McNally, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
course analyzes the changing place that business has had in American life and Americans' imaginations. It is not a conventional business history class - we will not be exploring the institutional or macroeconomic history of business. Instead, our goal will be to come to grips with Americans' understandings of and responses to profit-making enterprises. Accordingly, we will ask how, and why, entrepreneurialism has become a primary source of American identity; what the sources of support for and opposition to business have been over time; how, and why, conceptions of individual success have changed; and how Americans have reacted to different sectors of the economy, different kinds of businesses, and different types of capitalism. We'll pay particularly close attention to the meanings that have been attached to Wall Street, the modern corporation, and advertising. Most of our materials will consist of historical monographs but we will also use novels and films. Prerequisites: HIST 105 or permission of the instructor for Seniors and Juniors; Permission of the instructor for First-Years and Sophomores. (Ho od, offered alternate year
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Many wars, small and big, have been fought in the Middle East since World War II. This seminar examines some of the major wars, paying attention to their causes and consequences both on the region and world wide. (Tareke, offered alternate years)
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