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Madrid, Spain - Course Descriptions - History of Western Civilization II: Modernity and Postmodernity

Course Information

Subject: Humanities (HUM), History (HIST)
Number: 400 Level
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: History of Western Civilization I

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 38 contact hours, 2 semester credits

Availability

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Full Description

OBJECTIVES

To determine the process of western development, modern civilization and its crisis.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

A cultural history of the West since the age of discoveries in the 16th Century until the crisis of modernity in the journey from the 20th to the 21st Century.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

BRAUDEL, F., Civilización material, economía y capitalismo, Madrid, 1979.

MOSSE, G. L.: La cultura europea del siglo XIX. Barcelona 1997.

RIBOT GARCÍA, L.: Historia del mundo moderno. Madrid 1998.

VALVERDE, C.: Génesis, estructura y crisis de la Modernidad. Madrid 1996.

WATSON, P.: Historia intellectual del siglo XX. Barcelona 2002.

METHODOLOGY

Lectures, commentaries and analysis of literary and cinematographic works.

EVALUATION

Essays submitted periodically by students, commentaries and final exam.

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History of Western Civilization II: Modernity and Postmodernity

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