HUMS 4500
Modern Intellectual History
Examination of some of the major ideas and ideologies from 1800 to the present, including romanticism, liberalism, nationalism, symbolism, socialism, Freudianism, communism, feminism, and postmodernism.
Topics
- romanticism
- liberalism
- nationalism
- symbolism
- socialism
- Freudianism
- communism
- feminism
- postmodernism
Course catalogue
2026
Readings
- Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (excerpts).
- Charles Inglis, ‘Sermon on Steadfastness in Religion and Loyalty’, ‘Sermon of April 25 1794’ (pp. 23-31); Bishop Jacob Mountain, ‘A sermon preached at Quebec, on Thursday,
- January 10th, 1799; Mgr. Joseph-Octave Plessis, ‘Sermon on Nelson’s Victory at Aboukir’; Reverend John Strachan, ‘On Church Establishment’.
- Joseph Howe, First Letter to Lord John Russell on the Rights of British Americans to be Governed by the Principles of the British Constitution; Sir John A. Macdonald, ‘Speech on the Quebec
- John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, chapters 5 and 11-19.
- ‘Continental Congress to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec’; Louis-Joseph Papineau, ‘On Constitutional Reform’; ‘The Six Counties Address’; William Lyon Mackenzie,
- ‘The Programme Catholique: The Next Elections’; ‘Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Quebec’; Wilfrid Laurier, ‘Political Liberalism’; Étienne
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for HUMS 4104. Prerequisite(s): restricted to students in the Bachelor of Humanities program. Lectures three hours a week.