Modern Social Thought
HIST 350
Spring 2015
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The "question of modernity" has sparked cultural and intellectual narratives throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Since Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History, succeeding generations of philosophers, artists, writers, literary critics, cultural and intellectual historians have demonstrated the social and historical significance of knowledge within their respective theories of the individual and society. Upon examining these intellectual discourses concerning modernity and postmodernity, the course will emphasize the systematic discussion of theories that made efforts to explain the historical process, as well as the interrelationship of individuals, theorists, and literary figures of the period. Major thinkers will include: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Zola, Proust, Weber, Foucault and Habermas. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Hegel, PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY (Selection)
Marx, GERMAN IDEOLOGY
Dostoyevsky, NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
Nietzsche, ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS
LeBon, CROWD
Freud, GROUP PSYCHOLOGY AND ANALYSIS OF THE EGO
Freud, CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Engles, THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY
Zola, GERMINAL
Proust, SWANN'S WAY
Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY
Foucault, THE ORDER OF THINGS (Selection)
Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
Mannheim, IDEOLOGY AND UTOPIA (Selection)
Habermas, THE PHILOSOPHIC DISCOURSE OF MODERNITY (Selection)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Term paper, approximately 25 pages |
| Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W. Times: .M..... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 15 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
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