Studies of Modern Society: 1798 to the Present The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Description: This course introduces students to major political thinkers from the French Revolution to the present, who have contributed to shaping the Western imagination: Kant, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Hegel, De Toqueville, Le Bon, Freud, Weber, Arendt, De Beauvoir, Fanon and Adorno. We critically assess the theoretical positions of these thinkers and place them in the historical, social and political contexts in which their thoughts emerged. REQUIREMENTS SYLLABUS BACK HOMEhttp://www.cooper.edu/humanities/Welcome.htmlRequirements%20CU2.htmlCooper Union 2_files/Syllabus%20fall.pdfTeaching.htmlHome.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4