21H.433 The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Spring 2005
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Ravel, Jeffrey S.
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The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
Has there ever been an "Age of Reason?" In the western tradition, one might make claims for various moments during Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this class, however, we will focus on the two and a half centuries between 1600 and 1850, a period when insights first developed in the natural sciences and mathematics were seized upon by social theorists, institutional reformers and political revolutionaries who sought to change themselves and the society in which they lived. Through the study of trials, art, literature, theater, music, politics, and culture more generally, we will consider evolution and revolution in these two and a half centuries. We will also attend to those who opposed change on both traditional and radical grounds.
Subjects
Age of Reason
philosophy
cultural history
intellectual history
History
Age of Reason
western tradition
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Renaissance
1600
1850
natural sciences
mathematics
social theorists
institutional reformers
political revolutionaries
change
themselves
society
trials
art
literature
theater
music
politics
culture
evolution
revolution.
Learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History
Europe -- Intellectual life
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
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