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GRMN 420 - The Enlightenment in Germany


Fall/Spring (3) Leventhal Prerequisite(s): A GRMN 300-level class or consent of instructor (ALV)

What was the German Enlightenment, and how did it differ from its European counterparts? How did key Enlightenment figures seek to unify science, religion, aesthetics, politics and morality? Readings from Leibniz, Wolff, Thomasius, Mendelssohn, Nicolai, Lessing, Herder, Kant as well as the critical reception by Marx, Hegel, Adorno and Habermas.