History of Ideas and Cultural History, essay, 2023-2024
Open university
- Credits:
- 5 ECTS credits
- Location:
- Joensuu
- Continuous learning category:
- History and culture
- Teaching format:
- Contact teaching
- Price:
- 75 € (VAT 0%)
Content
Among others, the following intellectual and cultural movements in European history will be studied and put in a broader perspective: Renaissance, humanism, Reformation and Counter-Reformation, baroque, the scientific revolution, Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, neo-classicism, Romanticism, Gothic Revival, Liberalism and different forms of Socialism, naturalism, Darwinism, fin de siècle and art nouveau, impressionism, the Lebensreform-movement, communism, nazism and fascism, degenerate art, and postmodernism.
Modes of Study
Mode of study 1 The course consists of lectures with an active participation of the students (30h), independent reading (35h), writing an assignment (5h), and independent study (65h). Mode of study 2 Essays on a topic given by the teacher (see Evaluation criteria); independent reading (90h), independent writing (45h) Please contact the teacher to receive more detailed instructions concerning this mode of study.
Please check Peppi- study guide for more information about the study module.
Mode of study 2
Essays on a topic given by the teacher; independent reading (90h), independent writing (45h).
The first essay consists of a critical review of a general book on the history of ideas in Europe (the book title will be chosen in consultation with the teacher). In the second essay, students have to place two leading figures from two ‘opposed’ intellectual and cultural movements in European history opposite to each other. By contrasting the particular ideas of two leading personalities in detail (by using primary writings by these authors), the aim is to summarise and explain the central ideas of both movements in general.
Please contact the teacher to receive more detailed instructions concerning this mode of study.
The student
- is able to characterise the major intellectual and cultural movements in European history
- is aware of how one ideological movement originated from and related itself to previous ideas, but how at the same time it did not have to result from developments in the past
- realises and assesses the continuous contradictions in intellectual and cultural history.
The course will be offered for students in major and minor, students of continuous learning and also for student from the UEF Open University.
The normal study fee is 15 euros per ECTS credit. The study fee is paid at registration.
If the teaching is provided by a partner school of the Open University, the study fee consists of the Open University’s study fee and the partner school’s fee. The study fee is paid when registering for the course. Please find more information: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi) There is no separate registration or fee for study modules; register for each course individually.
By paying the study fee, the student receives a temporary right to study that entitles them to attend a particular course. The right to study is course-specific, and is required to complete the course as specified in the syllabus for the term, covering both teaching and course exams. If the course is continuously open for registration, the maximum time to complete the course is from 1 August to 31 July for that academic year.
Irrespective of time
Essays on a topic given by the teacher.
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