CONTEMP WESTRN CIVILIZATION II
Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Languages, and Sociology; and members of the Society of Fellows. A study in their historical context of major contributions to the intellectual traditions that underpin contemporary civilization. Emphasis is on the history of political, social, and philosophical thought. Students are expected to write at least three papers to complete two examinations, and to participate actively in class discussions.
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David Ragazzoni
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Gal Katz
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Mariana B Noe
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Steven J Baker
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Conor M Cullen
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Gal Katz
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Amnah Almukhtar
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Sean G Colonna
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Brooks T Swett
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Benjamin W Mueser
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Jesse A Chevan
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Aziza Shanazarova
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Joshua Whitford
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Luke S Macinnis
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Brittany A Koffer
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Mario R Cancel-Bigay
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Conor M Cullen
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Bruno Bosteels
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Jean L Cohen
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Christopher T Hoffman
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Jenna A Schoen
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Rohan N Shah
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Caroline F Marris
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Brooks T Swett
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Branka Arsic
CULPA: 3
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Caroline F Marris
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Jenna A Schoen
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Aled W Roberts
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Kathy H Eden
CULPA: 19
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Brittany A Koffer
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Benjamin W Mueser
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Larry Jackson
CULPA: 3
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Prashant S Iyengar
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Jude P Webre
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David S Lerer
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Chloe P Vaughn
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Nadia Latif
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Jude P Webre
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Zehra Mehdi
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Anthony E Garruzzo
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James Stafford
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Matthew Engelke
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Zachary J Levine
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Emmanuelle Saada
CULPA: 13
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Ali Karjoo-Ravary
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Philomena M Polefrone
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Marcus Folch
CULPA: 6
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Luke S Macinnis
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Allison Aitken
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Isabel Huacuja Alonso
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Catherine Evtuhov
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Marwa Elshakry
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Richard A Billows
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Mario R Cancel-Bigay
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Ryan Carr
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Elizabeth F Dolfi
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Clara Maier
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Jeronimo Duarte Riascos
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Zachary J Levine
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Michael G Gottsegen
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Ryan Carr
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Natalia R Alexander
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Andrew J Nathan
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Elaine Van Dalen
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Niyati Shenoy
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Joseph Schittone
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Sharon Marcus
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CONTEMP WESTRN CIVILIZATION II
A year-long course designed to introduce students to a wide range of issues of public significance by asking them to read closely texts in various traditions of argument with a focus on selected European traditions of moral, political, religious, and social thought. Readings in the Bible, the Qur’an, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Kant, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, DuBois, and Freud.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Aileen G Forbes
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Aled W Roberts
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Philomena M Polefrone
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MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN ART
Discussion and analysis of the artistic qualities and significance of selected works of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Parthenon in Athens to works of the 20th century.
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Sarah E Russell
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Caroline A Smith
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Yann Petit
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Lynnette Widder
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Holger A Klein
CULPA: 13
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Nicole E Sarto
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Hannah R Pivo
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Kasiet Toktomusheva
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Xiaohan Du
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Ashley E Williams
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Ana G Alvarez Guzman
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Xiaohan Du
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Eric Mazariegos
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Nicholas C Morgan
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David J Sledge
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Margot D Bernstein
CULPA: 5
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Nicholas C Morgan
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Sunmin Cha
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Margot D Bernstein
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Leslie Tait
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Rebecca M Yuste-Golob
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Leah E Werier
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Heather L Woolley
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Jeiran Jahani
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Leah E Werier
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Sophia A Merkin
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Zoe S Strother
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David H Schneller
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Steven A Niedbala
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Lucas T Cohen
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