Course Description

HI302* Culture and Ideas in the Modern World 1.0

Selected themes in the history of ideas that have helped to shape the Western world from the Enlightenment to the present, including changing perceptions of nature, society, and the individual in response to scientific, industrial and political revolutions; the development of ideologies such as socialism, idealism and nationalism; cultural movements such as Romanticism; the intellectual and cultural impact of the two World Wars in the 20th century. {E} {C/S}

Exclusion: HI342, HI343.

Official electronic version updated at 4:25 p.m. December 18, 2003

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