21F.059 Paradigms of European Thought and Culture, Fall 2003

21F.059 Paradigms of European Thought and Culture, Fall 2003

This subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a foundation course is central to the humanities in Europe (Geistesgeschichte, histoire des idées). The curriculum introduces a set of ideas and arguments that have played a formative role...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scribner, Charity
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Paradigms
European
Thought
Culture
History
Protestant Reformation
French Revolution
Luther
Descartes
Kant
Hegel
Rousseau
Smith
Marx
Freud
Goya
David
Duchamp
Schinkel
Bach
Goethe
Political Theory
Philosophy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49513
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Summary:This subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a foundation course is central to the humanities in Europe (Geistesgeschichte, histoire des idées). The curriculum introduces a set of ideas and arguments that have played a formative role in European cultural history, and acquaints them with some exemplars of critical thought. With each text, special consideration will be devoted to the work's enduring influence over contemporary European culture.

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