HIST 520 The Enlightenment: Reason and Revolution

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This course examines the Enlightenment Period and its thought from several angles: considering the historical and philosophical background to this “revolution,” the varieties of thought on issues such as the possibility of knowledge, religion, value theory, the state and society, and the effects of these ideas on Enlightenment and contemporary society. At the same time thinking, discussing and writing, and in the analysis of primary and secondary source documents.