CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
Taught by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, History, Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, 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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Qian Cao
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Joseph Schittone
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Alice L Gorton
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Nadia Sariahmed
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Dennis Tenen
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Michael F Stanislawski
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Soraya Limare
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Jonathan Peterson
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Aileen G Forbes
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Nadia Sariahmed
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Natalia R Alexander
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Nathan H Feldman
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Jesse A Chevan
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Isaac J Stethem
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Ellen Burns
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Jennifer McDonald
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Akeel Bilgrami
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Nathan H Feldman
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Liam Dee
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Whitney A McIntosh
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Jamil M Sbitan
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Roosevelt Montas
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Richard John
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Amogha B Sahu
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Jesse A Chevan
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Branka Arsic
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Kathy H Eden
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Larry Jackson
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Ethan Jacobs
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Jake C Haagenson
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Jennifer McDonald
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Shaunna Rodrigues
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Samuel E Abrams
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Adam Kosto
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Shaunna Rodrigues
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Angela M Giordani
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Conor M Cullen
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Alma Steingart
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Gil Anidjar
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Turkuler Isiksel
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Luke Lea
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Ali Karjoo-Ravary
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Thomas Dodman
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Ryan Carr
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Charly J Coleman
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Richard A Billows
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Christopher T Hoffman
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Conor M Cullen
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Christopher L Brown
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Prashant Iyengar
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Angela M Giordani
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Joshua Whitford
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Ryan Carr
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Johannah King-Slutzky
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Grace A Bickers
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Liam Dee
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Eli Cumings
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Christopher T Hoffman
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Nathaniel Berman
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Gal Katz
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Gautham Shiralagi
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Sinead J Carolan
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Adam Reich
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CONTEMP WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
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.
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Natalia R Alexander
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Prashant Iyengar
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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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Marina Correia
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Aaron Slodounik
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Kutay Sen
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Martina Mims
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Xiaohan Du
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Ioannis Mylonopoulos
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Zeynep Celik Alexander
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Francesco Cassini
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Brandon Agosto
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Irina T Oryshkevich
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Tara Kuruvilla
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Emily Spratt
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Xiaohan Du
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Susannah E Blair
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Tara Kuruvilla
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Francesco Cassini
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Lynnette Widder
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Susannah E Blair
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Monica K Bulger
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Eleonora Pistis
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Laura Tibi
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Monica K Bulger
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Cecilia Resende Santos
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Emma C Leidy
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Kent M Minturn
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Alessandra Di Croce
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Page S Knox
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Leah E Werier
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Leslie Tait
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Meredith Gamer
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Frederique Baumgartner
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Leah E Werier
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Danny Smith
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Luke Cohen
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Hannah R Pivo
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