Description
History of Thought II explores significant texts from the European Enlightenment to 21st-century global culture. As the second course in the History of Thought sequence, this class begins in the late modern era, includes the study of canonical 19th-century figures such as Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Marx, and then moves on to major 20th- and 21st-century thinkers and movements whose basic assumptions will be subject to critique. Building on the foundation provided by History of Thought I, History of Thought II seeks to deepen the necessary vocabularies and critical thinking capacities that allow artists to participate in contemporary intellectual life. History of Thought courses require intensive reading, writing, and discussion.