POLITICS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF 20TH CENTURY EUROPE

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This course explores the political, social, cultural and other factors that have marked the path of European history during the last century, from the origins of World War I to the end of the Cold War. The course explores not only the origins and consequences of warfare, but also the ways in which everyday life was transformed during this turbulent era. This course covers the era of "Great Wars;" "economic miracle" after the war; challenges of the Cold War; generational rebellion; and formation of the European Union with special attention to the political, social and cultural transformations associated with these developments. The thematic anchors of the first half of the course are "total war" and "rebellion against positivism," while the thematic anchors of the second half of the course are "rebirth" and "the two Europes."