Global Works and Society: Modernity

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This course focuses on the world’s great traditions in philosophy, theology, history, and political science from the Enlightenment through Modernity. It familiarizes students with the impact of the colonial and post-colonial eras on major world discourses about the nature of human identity and society through a comparative study of seminal texts. The course includes such works as: The Communist Manifesto,The Wretched of the Earth, and Orientalism.