Spring 2024 History UN2478 section 001

US INTELLECTUAL HIST 1865-PRES

US INTELLECTUAL HIST 1865

Call Number 11599
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
602 Hamilton Hall
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Casey Blake
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course examines major themes in U.S. intellectual history since the Civil War. Among other topics, we will examine the public role of intellectuals; the modern liberal-progressive tradition and its radical and conservative critics; the uneasy status of religion ina secular culture; cultural radicalism and feminism; critiques of corporate capitalism and consumer culture; the response of intellectuals to hot and cold wars, the Great Depression, and the upheavals of the 1960s. Fields(s): US

Web Site Vergil
Department History
Enrollment 49 students (70 max) as of 5:08PM Saturday, September 7, 2024
Subject History
Number UN2478
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note Discussion HIST UN2479 REQUIRED
Section key 20241HIST2478W001