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Spring 2012
May 02,2024 |
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| LIBS 635 - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION |
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In the 1830s, Alexis DeTocqueville used the term "individualism" to indicate the institutionalized mode of life in what we might today call a "private life", but does not equate with egoism. To the eyes of a French aristocrat intimately acquainted with the European past, this social form, with its attendant social theory, represents a major historical change, and his searching analysis of its implications raises serious questions of the "reality" we think to ground our world. The class will examine Charles Darwin's biology, DeTocqueville's work, Karl Polanyi's economic anthropology, and several other texts in an attempt to see the external nature of the "great transformation" and its internal contribution to the way we construct our world and our science.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Liberal Studies Department Course Attributes: MLS COURSE FOR GRAD FEE ASSESS Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors: Liberal Studies Non-Degree-MALS |
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