Listed in: European Studies, as EUST-122 | History, as HIST-122
Formerly listed as: EUST-22
Ellen R. Boucher (Section 01)
(Offered as EUST-122 and HIST-122[EU]) This course offers a critical examination of the concept of European civilization from the seventeenth century through the present day. What did it mean to be “European” in the modern era? To what extent was “European” civilization forged by Europe’s connections to the wider world, and by ideas, art, literature, and politics that originated outside the geographical boundaries of Europe? How was the idea of a coherent European culture and character used as a tool of conquest within the European empires? And how did various people – in Europe, in the empires, and beyond – forge new social, cultural, and political solidarities through their critiques of the idea of European civilization? Does the concept of European civilization remain valuable in our modern, globalized era? The course will combine a study of canonical works of European art, literature, and politics with less well-known texts and works of art created by “non-European” people. Required of European Studies majors.
Limited to 25 students. Spring semester. Professor Boucher.
Section 01
M 03:00 PM - 04:20 PM BARR 102
W 03:00 PM - 04:20 PM BARR 102
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Enlightenment | Cambridge University Press, 01/2013 | Outram, Dorinda | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: a Ghost Story and a Biography | Princeton University Press, reprint 2010 | Crais, Clifton and Scully, Pamela | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Nineteenth Century Europe: A Cultural History | Cambridge: Polity Press, 10/2008 | Salmi, Hannu | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Frankenstein: the 1818 Text | Penguin Classics, 01/2018 | Shelley, Mary | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Heart of Darkness and Other Tales | Oxford World's Classics, 2008 | Conrad, Joseph | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Demian | Dover Publications | Hesse, Hermann | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Landscape for a Good Woman: a Story of Two Lives | Rutgers University Press, 1987 | Steedman, Carolyn Kay | Required | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.