Advancing Studies · Boston College
Survey of European history in global context from the revolutionary movements of the late enlightenment in Europe and in the Americas to the revolutions in Europe, Africa, and elsewhere at the end of the twentieth century. The focus will be on the post enlightenment responses to the fundamental questions of human existence as well as economic social and political organization from conservatism and capitalism to Marxism and fascism, as well as the relationship between Westerners and peoples all over the globe.
