Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Summer Quarter 2008
• Autumn Quarter 2008

Michael Forman
TCSIG 451
Tacoma Campus

The Enlightenment

Examines the Enlightenment as historical epoch, philosophical attitude, and social and political project. Explores ideas of selected thinkers (e.g., Jefferson, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Hume, Voltaire) and the reactions they inspire. Highlights themes such as liberalism, human rights, rationalism, republicanism, and neoclassicism.

Class description

It was during the Enlightenment that the modern ways of thinking about politics, society, and the world took shape. This course examines this development by reading original sources.

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