50-3407LDM The Resonance of the Renaissance: A Psychological Legacy

This course explores the resonance of the Italian Renaissance in modern Western culture, with particular attention to its psychological legacy. Topics covered include Renaissance conceptions of the individual, rationalism, religion, and aesthetics. A focus will be placed on how their conception of human nature, and the accompanying humanist ethic, suffused cultural, political, social, psychological, and philosophical thought in the modern West.

3 Credits
WI GA SS