L.HIS 329 - The Enlightenment

Credits: 3

An examination of the major institutions of eighteenth-century European society and the social history of ideas, particularly the contrast between elite and popular culture, and the primary social criticisms and reforms proposed by Enlightenment writers such as Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Encyclopedists.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable