Modern Social Thought
HIST 350
Spring 2010
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01
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This course is a study of the major European thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries who made attempts to apply their theories as systematic forms toward explaining and understanding the historical process and the interrelationship of individuals, theorists, and literary figures of the period. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing
Students are expected to demonstrate an ability to understand and to analyze the various texts.
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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: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Hegel, PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
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
Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
Mannheim, IDEOLOGY AND UTOPIA
Habermas, THE PHILOSOPHIC DISCOURSE OF MODERNITY
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Examinations and Assignments:
Term paper, approximately 25 pages. |
| Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W. Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC104; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 18 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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