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What is power? |
9/13/17 |
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Why were European monarchs trying to centralize power? |
9/14/17 |
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How did European monarchs justify their power? |
9/15/17 |
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How did the scientific revolution impact the Enlightenment? |
9/18/17 |
This week we think about how the authority of monarchs was challenged. We begin with the larger movements of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution to appreciate the shifts in thinking before the Enlightenment. The Renaissance began a shift in European society where people became increasingly interested in understanding and making sense of the world around them without relying on religious answers. This would begin to challenge ideas in religion (the Reformation), science (Scientific Revolution) and ultimately in society (The Enlightenment).
We use a couple videos and a reading on Newton to support our thinking about the challenges that developed against church and other authorities to reason. The use of reason and challenging authority came together in the Enlightenment as they reflect on society and government. |
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How did the English challenge the royal power? |
9/19/17 |
The class will examine the exceptional character of England. While monarchs on the European continent were amassing power, England had a history of resistance to absolute power that was reasserting itself against this tide. The class begins by watching a video that details how nobles and lords resisted the abuse of monarchical power with the Magna Carta. Then students take notes using the Cornell Notes method on the English Civil War.
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How did English philosophers reflect on the English Civil War? |
9/20/17 |
The class continued to narrow its focus on in from the larger trends in Europe to the English Civil War and today we examine two philosophers reflecting on these events.
We began by examining Hobbes' famous title page. We first consider how to examine art by the language that artists use to communicate through images. After demonstrating how to examine a painting, students reflect on the image that opens Hobbes' writings. This leads students into comparing the thinking of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The two ponder similar considerations, but come to differing conclusions. |
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How did Enlightenment thought effect monarchs? |
9/21/17 |
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How did the Enlightenment thinkers impact society? |
9/22/17 |
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Review |
9/27/17 |