2012-13 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

History (HST)

All History Courses

HST 3178 American Intellectual History since 1877 (3 credits)

Study of modern U.S. intellectual trends based in critical analysis of selected texts. Major shifts in philosophy, religion, science, and literature are analyzed in their historical context. Particular attention is paid to the diversity of authors and texts available among the Darwinists, Pragmatists, Progressives, radicals, feminists, Marxists, Freudians, neo-conservatives, and post-modernists. [Might not be offered every year.]