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Lecture Notes for HIST 1122

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I. Introduction


• Introduction to the Course and to the Study of History as a Study of Culture
  II. The Enlightenment as the "Second Europe"
• The Enlightenment as the Second Europe, 1650-1789
• (Music in the Enlightenment, as part of the section on the Enlightenment)
• Rene Descartes and the Enlightenment Search for a New Method of Thinking
• Isaac Newton and the Mathematical Universe
• Man's Place in the Best of All Possible Worlds: Alexander Pope
• The Proper Basis for Society: John Locke
  III. The Shaping of the Second Europe by Revolutions, 1750 - 1914
• The Impact of Revolutions and "-isms" on the Second Europe as a Theme
• 1776
• The French Revolution
• Conservatism
• Liberalism
• Nationalism
• Romanticism
• The Industrial and Technological Revolution
• Socialism
• Darwinism
• Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism -- Literary Responses to Industrialism and Science
• Nihilism (Anti-Rationalism) -- Friedrich Nietzsche
• Imperialism
  IV. The Shaping of the "Second Europe," 1914 to the Present
• Revolt Against Europe as a Major Theme
• Communist Totalitarianism and the Revolt Against Europe
• Fascist Totalitarianism and the Revolt Against Europe
• Democracy and the Revolt Against Europe
• Nationalism and the Revolt Against Europe
• Sigmund Freud and the Revolt Against Europe
• Existentialism and the Revolt Against Europe
• Mass Man and the Revolt Against Europe
• 20th Century Literature and the Revolt Against Europe
• Theology and the Revolt Against Europe
  V. Is There to Be a "Third Europe?"
• Is There To Be a "Third Europe?"

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  Course Materials for Hist 1122

  Course Outline (For printing the lectures in PDF format)
  Print the Course Outline in PDF format
  Essay Questions 1
  Essay Questions 2
  Essay Questions 3
  Text Questions 1
  Text Questions 2
  Text Questions 3
  Special Readings
  Sample Essays for the First Exam
  Your History Grade (A spreadsheet to use to calculate your final grade)
  

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