The ideals of Revolutionary, Philosopher, Diplomat, Bluestocking, Pioneer/Entrepreneur, Gentleman, Social Scientist, Existential Hero and Worker are examined in this course. The reading list includes: Newton, from Principia; Descartes, Meditations; Rousseau, Confessions; Franklin, Autobiography; Tocqueville, Democracy in America; Smith, Wealth of Nations; Marx, Communist Manifesto; Darwin, The Origin of the Species; Newman, Idea of a University; Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents; Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols; Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South; Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum. Prerequisite: HNRS 2391.
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