HIST106

An introduction to the modernization and development of Western culture from the Renaissance to the 20th century. The course will study these areas through an analysis of social, economic, and political change as the background for cultural and intellectual developments. Emphasis will be given to the scientific revolution, classical rationalism, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and major modern trends of thought, such as Marxism, Darwinism, and Existentialism.