HUM 414 - Critical Perspectives on Contemporaneity

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As a senior capstone course for the Liberal Arts Core, HUM 414 engages the idea of “contemporaneity” as a historical construction tied to certain privileged, longstanding Euro-Western master narratives about the world and different ways of being human. Though it reaches back at various moments to periods explored in HUM 124, 214, and 324, the primary coverage of this course spans the post-World War II period to the present. The course thematically examines an array of present-day historical, socio-cultural, ideological, and political forces impacting diverse human conditions and institutions while also addressing a range of critical responses thereto. Studied reflection about the future is incorporated as well. No credit given if credit received for LA 478. Prerequisites: 75 credit hours; HUM 124, 214, 324; LANG 120. Fall and Spring.