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HY102: The West in Question
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It is impossible to read a newspaper, follow a political campaign, or watch the nightly news without hearing how “western values” are under assault. Chinese economic might, Islamic terrorism, Russian autocracy–– “The West” faces many challenges. Yet such challenges are hardly new. From the French Revolution to the Holocaust to the Cold War, Europeans (and Americans) have debated, fought, even killed each other in the name of “freedom”, “equality”, and “democracy”. By analyzing some the major events in Modern European History, this seminar will inquire whether “The West” possesses a coherent set of “values” or ideas and whether such ideas continue to have relevance at the outset of the twenty-first century. This course fulfills the General Education “Civilization” requirement.
Your Professor
Dr. Kurlander arrived at Stetson from Harvard University, where he obtained his PhD in Modern European History. He teaches a number of courses in European, American, and World History, with a particular focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Kurlander has published a book (The Price of Exclusion: Ethnicity, National Identity, and the Decline of German Liberalism) and numerous articles on German politics and society. His current project (Living With Hitler) examines the everyday lives of liberal democrats in the Third Reich. Kurlander spent 2007-2008 in Germany as a Thyssen-Heideking Fellow at the University of Cologne and a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Bonn.
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First Year Studies | Unit 8275
421 North Woodland Boulevard
DeLand, Florida 32723
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