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HIST216
European Intellectual History Since the Renaissance
HIST216 SP
Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
1 | 40 | 22 | Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
Photo Caption and Credits
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
Reading notes twice a week;
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
- Section 01
- Miller, C
- Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 2
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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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