Modernity

Graduate

This course address’s themes in the history of modernity, the lived experience of the capitalist, scientific and technological revolutions over the last three hundred years. Focusing primarily on the years from 1800-1950s, this course will begin with literature on the contemporary ideas of “being modern” in North America and Europe and the critiques of modernity by social theorists such as Marx, Gramsci and Weber. It will then turn to the historical literature on modernity, ideas of the modern and their impact on areas such as politics, the state, the workplace, economic development, education, colonial relationships, the environment. 46 Winter 2027 Academic Calendar