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European Thought and Culture in the 20th Century (Parts 1 & 2) (The Great Courses, 4425/4426)
European Thought and Culture in the 20th Century - Parts 1 & 2 - The Great Courses, 4425/4426 Author:Professor Lloyd Kramer With this sequel to his recent series on European Thought and Culture in the 19th Century, Professor Lloyd Kramer introduces the major intellectual themes and debates that decisively shaped 20th-century European culture and which still define our world today. An award-winning teacher at The University of North Carolina, Professor Kramer's approa... more »ch is incisive, balanced, and scrupulously fair. Professor Kramer is very clear about what he believes you can get out of these lectures. "Our objective throughout this course is to understand the ideas of influential 20th-century European thinkers, to reflect on the interactions between ideas and historical contexts, and to think critically about how the ideas of creative 20th-century writers continue to raise questions for our own time." "Intellectual history analyzes the evolving dialogues among the people of other places and times, but it also emphasizes the importance of sustaining a critical dialogue between the present and the past."This course seeks to expand our dialogue with the intellectual world of 20th-century Europe and to show how the challenging ideas of that historical era are still vital components of the world's contemporary cultural life." Two books containing 24 lectures total.« less