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Academic Year 2000/2001
Modern Social Thought
HIST 276 SP
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.
MAJOR READINGS
Hegel, PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY (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
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Term paper, approximately 25 pages.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W.
- Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC422
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)
- SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 4
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 3 FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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