City of God
Augustine
Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West
Contemporary Civilization or “CC” asks students to closely read texts in various traditions of argument and to construct arguments of their own, both in speech and in writing, about some of the explicit and implicit issues that these texts raise.
The syllabus familiarizes students with ideas and arguments that have played a formative role in the political and cultural history of our time, alerts them to ideas that have not held an influential role in that history, and acquaints them with some exemplars of critical thinking about alternative cultures, institutions, and practices.
