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HST 2021 - Topics in Modern European History

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Since the French Revolution, Europe has experienced the emergence and development of myriad new ideologies that have been reflected in an equally large number of institutions, both in the public and private spheres. These ideologies include rationalism, absolutism, conservatism, liberalism, nationalism, capitalism, socialism, communism, Social Darwinism, colonialism, and fascism. The developments of these ideologies are explored as are the public and private institutions that emerged from these ideologies, including democratic government; various forms of dictatorship; and processes including industrialization, urbanization, and the establishment of European colonial empires. This course meets the following Raider Core CLO requirement: Think Critically or Exhibit Curiosity. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Describe the various ideas that constituted diverse European ideologies including rationalism, absolutism, nationalism, conservatism, liberalism, capitalism, socialism, communism, Social Darwinism, and fascism
  • Describe how these various ideologies became manifested in governmental systems and how those governments expressed these ideologies
  • Explain how economic systems emerged from ideologies such as capitalism, socialism, and communism
  • Describe the various ideologies such as Social Darwinism that contributed to the rise of European colonialism and later genocide
  • Describe how nationalism created the conditions necessary for World War I and World War II
  • Describe the institutions of the European Union and how they reflect the primacy of liberal government and free-market capitalism.
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None
Course Topics
  • Rationalism and the Enlightenment
  • Absolutism
  • Absolutist governments and enlightened absolutism
  • Liberalism
  • Conservatism
  • French Revolution and liberal government
  • Napoleon as an enlightened absolutist
  • Conservatism
  • Congress of Vienna and conservative government
  • Romanticism and the rise of nationalism
  • Nationalism and nationalist thought
  • Socialism and socialist thought
  • Marxism
  • Capitalism and the free market
  • Industrialization
  • Rise of urban Europe
  • Age of Revolution in Europe, 1815-1848
  • Feminism and women’s suffrage
  • Social Darwinism
  • European colonialism
  • World War I and nationalism
  • Bolshevik Revolution, socialism, and Marxism
  • Rise of the Soviet Union and Leninism
  • Stalinism, industrialization, and collectivization
  • Fascism and nationalist thought
  • Fascism in Italy and Spain
  • Fascism and the rise of Nazism
  • World War II, Social Darwinism, and genocide
  • Post-war Europe and the Cold War
  • Post-war Europe and the European Union
Coordinator
Dr. Patrick Jung


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