course name: history of western civilization ii – modernity and

COURSE NAME: HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION II – MODERNITY
AND POSTMODERNITY
UFV CODE: 1153 ECTS: 4.5
TYPE OF COURSE: LC, 2C
INTERNATIONAL CODE: HUM1153 YEAR: 3
REQUIREMENTS: HUM1152
OBJECTIVES: To determine the process of western development, modern
civilization
and its crisis.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A cultural history of the West since the age of
discoveries in
the 16th Century until the crisis of modernity in the journey from the 20th to the
21st
Century.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: BRAUDEL, F.: Civilización material, economía y capitalismo.
Madrid,
1979. MOSSE, G. L.: La cultura europea del siglo XIX. Barcelona 1997. RIBOT
GARCÍA,
L.: Historia del mundo moderno. Madrid 1998. VALVERDE, C.: Génesis,
estructura y
crisis de la Modernidad. Madrid 1996. WATSON, P.: Historia intelectual del siglo
XX.
Barcelona 2002.
METHODOLOGY: Lectures, commentaries and analysis of literary and
cinematographic
works.
EVALUATION: Essays submitted periodically by students, commentaries and
final
exam.
PROFESSOR: Francisco Javier Gómez Díez, Fidel Rodríguez, Mario Hernández
Sánchez-Barba, Clemente López y Miguel Ortega. LANGUAGE: Spanish