This course provides an introduction to the political, intellectual, cultural, and economic features of Western civilization from the early modern period to the mid-twentieth century.

 The topics covered will include:

• the roots of Western Civilization
• Enlightenment
• French Revolution and Napoleon
• Industrial Revolution
• Liberalism
• Romanticism
• Nationalism
• Socialism
• Imperialism
• the First World War
• Totalitarianism
• World War II
• post-War Europe
• the rise of Western feminism
• post modernism
• the current communications revolution
• the globalization trends