Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
First-Year Seminar: Reading the Classics
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
301
Section ID
HIST0020301
Course number integer
20
Meeting times
T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Meeting location
BENN 20
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Antonio Feros
Description
In this seminar we will study the early roots of Western culture -the Biblical, Greek and Roman traditions- as well as how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europeans reproduced, rethought and reshaped these early traditions. We will focus our attention on a few themes that were central concerns to those living in Classic and early modern times and that continue to influence modern ways of thinking and acting in Western societies: conceptions of God and place of religion in society; nature of power and authority, and individuals’ rights and duties; good and evil; views on women, their nature and roles in society; ethnography and the perception of other cultures and societies.
Course number only
0020
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false