HUMN571  - Individuals, Societies, and the Spirit

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This course continues the study of the development of the individual in modern society. Readings for this course include: William James, Varieties of Religious Experience; Emile Durkheim, Elementary Forms of Religious Life; Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism; Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents; Erik Erikson, Childhood and Society; Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

 

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Course Materials

Book Title: Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd ed
ISBN: 0226458083
Publication Info: Ann Arbor, MI: Books on Demand, 1997

Book Title: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
ISBN: 0192832557 or 0199540128
Publication Info: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2001

Book Title: Civilization and Its Discontents
ISBN: 0393301583
Publication Info: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1989

Book Title: Childhood and Society
ISBN: 039331068X
Publication Info: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1993

Book Title: Varieties of Religious Experience
ISBN: 0679600752 or 0679640118
Publication Info: Modern Library, 2002

 

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