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The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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HST 338 European Intellectual History: Modernism and Post-Modernism

Description:
European thought from 1850 to the present. Liberal and conservative revivals. Evolution, critiques of positivism, modern art, relativism. "The Great War," communism, fascism, existentialism, and the post-World War II decades.
Effective Dates:
SS97 - US98

HST 338 European Intellectual History: Modernism and Post-Modernism

Description:
European thought from 1850 to the present. Liberal and conservative revivals. Evolution, critiques of positivism, modern art, relativism. "The Great War," communism, fascism, existentialism, and the post-World War II decades.
Effective Dates:
FS98 - SS05

HST 338 European Intellectual History: Modernism and Post-Modernism

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:4
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen
Description:
European thought from 1850 to the present. Liberal and conservative revivals. Evolution, critiques of positivism, modern art, relativism. "The Great War," communism, fascism, existentialism, and the post-World War II decades.
Effective Dates:
US05 - FS08

HST 338 European Intellectual History: Modernism and Post-Modernism

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
European thought from 1850 to the present. Liberal and conservative revivals. Evolution, critiques of positivism, modern art, relativism. 'The Great War,' communism, fascism, existentialism, and the post-World War II decades.
Effective Dates:
SS09 - SS14

HST 338 European Power, Culture and Thought: The Modern Era

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Ideas in historical context, 1750-1980. Enlightenment, revolution, conservatism, romanticism. Liberalism, socialism, Marx. Science, realism; anti-positivism, Nietzsche, Freud. Modernism in art and social theory. Feminism. World Wars, Fascism, Communism. Existentialism, structuralism, post-modernism.
Effective Dates:
US14 - US14

HST 338 European Power, Culture and Thought: The Modern Era

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students.
Description:
Ideas in historical context, 1750-1980. Enlightenment, revolution, conservatism, romanticism. Liberalism, socialism, Marx. Science, realism; anti-positivism, Nietzsche, Freud. Modernism in art and social theory. Feminism. World Wars, Fascism, Communism. Existentialism, structuralism, post-modernism.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open