This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern (or progressive, or hip) became one of the crucial criteria for understanding and evaluating cultural change. Are we still in modernity, or have we moved beyond the modern to the postmodern?
The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1)
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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Semana
120 minutos para completar
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“The Modern and the Postmodern Part I” covers the first half of a full semester course on European history, literature and philosophy. We begin with Immanuel Kant and Jean Jacques Rousseau and conclude with Friedrich Nietzsche and Charles Baudelaire and a very quick look at painting at the time they wrote. Although in the final week themes of postmodernism begin to emerge, a discussion of how modernism becomes postmodernism is at the heart of Part II of this course.
2 readings
2 lecturas
Syllabus10m
Course Logistics10m
1 hora para completar
Philosophy, Modernity, and Intellectual History
Why is philosophy relevant to modernity?
Through reading Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant, we examine philosophy as a reflection on modernity and progress.
2 videos (Total 24 minutos), 1 reading
2 videos
Philosophy, Modernity, and Intellectual History II9m
1 lectura
Philosophy and Modernity -- Kant10m
Semana
21 hora para completar
What is Enlightenment?
Using Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, we study how the pursuit of knowledge is related to the politics of inequality.
4 videos (Total 61 minutos), 1 reading
4 videos
What is Enlightenment? II15m
What is Enlightenment? III14m
What is Enlightenment? IV16m
1 lectura
What is Enlightenment?--Rousseau10m
Semana
33 horas para completar
From Enlightenment to Revolution
Karl Marx is our focus here as we move from a consideration of ideas to a confrontation with alienation, class struggle and revolution.
5 videos (Total 60 minutos), 1 reading, 1 quiz
5 videos
From Enlightenment to Revolution II12m
From Enlightenment to Revolution III9m
From Enlightenment to Revolution IV12m
From Enlightenment to Revolution V13m
1 lectura
From Enlightenment to Revolution--Marx10m
Semana
43 horas para completar
Modernism and Art for Art's Sake
We read Flaubert’s Madame Bovary as a reflection on convention, stupidity and art in the wake of the failures of mid-19th century revolution.
4 videos (Total 59 minutos), 1 reading, 1 quiz
4 videos
Modernism and Art for Art's Sake II14m
Modernism and Art for Art's Sake III14m
Modernism and Art for Art's Sake IV17m
1 lectura
Modernism and Art for Art's Sake--Flaubert10m
Semana
51 hora para completar
Re-imagining the World
We situate Charles Darwin’s great achievement in the context of the English Enlightenment traditions and reimaging the world without a goal for change.
4 videos (Total 65 minutos), 1 reading
4 videos
Re-imagining the World II15m
Re-imagining the World III18m
Re-imagining the World IV17m
1 lectura
Re-imagining the World--Darwin10m
Semana
64 horas para completar
From Struggle to Intensity
Through an examination of Charles Baudelaire and Friedrich Nietzsche, we focus on an aesthetic embrace of intensity instead of search for the “really real.”
6 videos (Total 87 minutos), 1 reading, 1 quiz
6 videos
From Struggle to Intensity II14m
From Struggle to Intensity III15m
From Struggle to Intensity IV11m
From Struggle to Intensity V13m
From Struggle to Intensity VI17m
1 lectura
From Struggle to Intensity--Baudelaire and Nietzsche10m
Semana
71 hora para completar
Paintings
A Quick Survey of how advanced painting moved toward a consideration of the surface of the canvas and away from a quest for the most realistic representation of the world.
2 videos (Total 36 minutos)
Principales revisiones
One of the best professors i've ever come across! If the teacher is so passionate about the subject material as well as conveying the ideas, the course will be excellent. This is one of those courses.
I Like How Professor Roth remains objective throughout the course without letting his personal opinions hindering his teaching in any way.Enjoyed the course Very much!Highly recommend.
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