phi2mmw modern western worldview
MAKING OF THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD VIEW
PHI2MMW
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Focusing on some major themes in the intellectual development of the western world which continue to inform our own times, from Greek Metaphysics and Ethics, Christian Theology, Modern Politics, and Art, we will be examining this intellectual history with emphasis on the shifts from what we might call the times of the philosopher, the theologian, the political thinker and the artist. We will move from a consideration of philosophy as a representative achievement of antiquity, through the dominance of theology in the middle ages to the attempt to develop theories of a secular politics and autonomous art respectively from the 17th and 18th centuries onwards. In this process we will also encounter the differences that have subsequently been discussed in terms of the competing orientations of empiricism, rationalism and idealism.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorGeorge Vassilacopoulos
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites One 15 credit point philosophy subject or 30 Humanities credit points or by approval of the subject coordinator
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | The making of the modern mind, | Recommended | Randall, J.H. 1976 | COLUMBIA UP |
Readings | The passion of the western mind, | Recommended | Tarnas, R. 1991 | BALLANTINE |
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Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorGeorge Vassilacopoulos
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
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Class Participation (equivalent to 400 words) | 10 | |
Essay 1800 words | 45 | |
Essay 1800 words | 45 |