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Mar 29, 2024
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FYSP 153 - Worldview and History: Approaches to the History of the World Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4SS, WINT
This course critically examines approaches to world history and narratives of the rise of the West, European expansion, the discovery of the New World, and the like. What unexamined metageographical conceptions are implicated in Eurocentric assumptions about world historical developments? Readings include critical works suggesting new approaches, so that we may develop a critical perspective on material and cultural exchange and diffusion from a global perspective. Shows how ‘globalization’ has been a relevant term for over 500 years.
Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: D. Kelley
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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