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HIST216

European Intellectual History, II HIST216 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       27      0         27

Next Offered in 9798 FA

The second of a two-semester survey in European Intellectual History. The spring semester will examine some of the major texts in Western thought since the Renaissance. Emphasis will be placed on the historical and cultural contexts of the texts and the thinkers.

MAJOR READINGS

Selected readings by the following:
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Hume, Kant, Burke, Paine,
Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Mandeville, Smith, Malthus,
Beccaria, Bentham, James and John Stuart Mill.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three papers; midterm and final examinations.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

All students NOT in COL must take this course for a letter grade. 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: Lecture Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Reference:

Chartier, Roger. A HISTORY OF PRIVATE LIFE: PASSIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE. Cambridge, Massachussetts: The Belknap Press of The Harvard University Press, 1989

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