What You’ll Discover in Interpreting the 20th Century The Struggle Over Democracy
“The level of change experienced over a 100-year period is what most defines the 20th century,” states Professor Pamela Radcliff…. File Size: 8.25 GB
Interpreting the 20th Century: The Struggle Over Democracy
The 20th Century changed the The political, economic and social structures of the The world is changing in ways that no one could have imagined the 1800s were over. It was a period of rapid and intense change that lasted for many years. the Capacity the Imagine your first flight or space flight. the Manhattan Project the Welfare State, Nietzsche and Freud, the Great Depression and Inflation, moving images and home computers the Cold War and terrorism—and war and peace.
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“The level of change experienced over a 100-year period is what most defines the 20th century,” states Professor Pamela Radcliff.
Even though this transformation took place more than a century ago, it’s far from complete. The Nations of the The third world is finally free the The relationship between colonialism, imperialism and both was once marked by the The West is still caught up in the It is even more complicated to find political stability and economic success.
Interpreting the 20th Century: The Struggle Over Democracy This comprehensive 48-lecture overview of this extraordinary time includes a number of additional resources.
This course is designed around the ideas and events of history. It reveals how these ideas influenced events, which in turn influenced today’s world.
This unique opportunity allows you to acquire a multidisciplinary understanding on how things work. the How the modern world came into being and how democracy emerged as a political ideal. the The parameters of a true democratic world order are still vigorously debated.
The The subject’s very nature requires the ability to not only distill political and financial trends from a century worth of world history but also to explain them clearly, drawing upon other disciplines when necessary to make key points vivid.
Professor Pamela Radcliff defines the Perspective of the You can also include what she calls the “Enlightenment Project”—the Adoption of liberal, democratic, and rationalist principles in many of the world—while emphasizing the Nature of the unresolved the struggle for democracy.
She focuses on keeping it real. the She makes the big picture very clear as she crosses entire eras, entire continents, as well as disciplines as specialized like international trade balances or movements in literature and arts.
She is a tireless advocate for all sides in an issue, even when scholars differ on their views. She makes extensive use of primary sources and often cites from them to make sure her lectures are clear. the The best possible understanding of each subject.
To make the Incredible breadth the It is understandable, Professor Radcliff presents it chronologically over seven sections that best represent this struggle.
Section 1 is a brief introduction. the 20th century, which most scholars mark as having been in existence since 1914. the Beginning of World War I.
Section 2 includes the Different crises are faced by the West in the Years between the wars.
Section 3 includes the Fascism, Communism, and other forms of fascism pose a threat to democracy the There are many ways to totalitarianism, including the one represented by Nazi Germany. the Soviet Union.
Section 4 discusses the external threats to western power from China and India, Mexico, Mexico, and Japan.
Section 5 focuses on World War II. the Holocaust and the The rise of Existentialism post-war Europe
Section 6 examines the The post-World War II world order includes the Cold War the The changing relationship between science & religion the Please state: the The rise of the Welfare state
Section 7 is the end the course, with a discussion the Development in a decolonizing World: The challenges
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You will be able to cover topics such as:
The “crisis of meaning” World War I was a challenge that unleashed them the Western Europe and its set of values include the political, cultural, economic, and social. the Stage for decades of chaos
The Different approaches to organizing and mobilizing such as Communism and Fascism the Masses
Art was a window into art. the Public life is influenced by psychological forces
The course’s intellectual breadth is not evident in an abstract overview. Instead, it’s illustrated in vivid, ground level history that allows you to see the forces at work in:
The Trenches of World War I, where the new technologies produced a level of carnage that is unmatched in history
The Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot: Theatrical action, turning away the Individual struggle to find dignity and hope for salvation in a post Holocaust world
The This is the collective capability of a disillusioned generation the United States and all around the world—protesting over the Vietnam War and Inequality in Education the lack of gay rights—to transform political culture and the Nature of democratic debate
The Parade through a stunning array of well-known, lesser-known, and famous figures who have shaped the world. the Century’s tumultuous changes and events, including Samuel Becket and Marcel Duchamps, Frantz Faon, Vladimir Lenin and Sigmund Freud.
Through case studies, ideas are brought to life through detailed research
You can focus even more on this video. the Course also includes lectures that focus on case studies to illustrate how it works. the Models covered in the Courses have been made into practice in postcolonial countries.
As an example, you can see how the developmental model put into effect in Communist China differs from that used in Democratic India—and why—and the Two countries, which began their development process with very similar problems, achieved different results.
You’ll be amazed at the differences between them. the Japan has implemented an authoritarian model.
Three models of feministism will be on display. the Global Women’s Movement:
As in, women organize around the status of their mothers as in the “Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo” Who alerted? the Argentina: The world is ours “disappeared”
The “everyday resistance” Model linked to the The world’s most vulnerable and least empowered women, such as the Tamil Nadu state in India’s southwest.
The more familiar model of “equal rights” feminism seen here in the United States
Additionally, you often venture off the beaten path the View the paths of geopolitics and national revolutionary as you see the You can view the issues of your course through many lenses. Lecture 5 is a good example. You’ll meet Surrealists and Dadaists as they turn. the The chaos of the post-World War I attack on the ideas of Freud or Nietzsche is a result of Freud’s and Nietzsche’s theories the Certainty, rationality and objectivity are the hallmarks of the They felt that the 19th century Western culture had betrayed their faith.
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When you examine paintings by Otto Dix or Hannah Hoch, or when you hear them being pronounced, it is possible to either see the art or listen. the Searing command the Futurist Manifesto to “leave good sense behind us like a hideous husk,” you understand the The mood of an artistic world trying desperately to reject the Past and present to steer a course towards a better future.
The The challenge of definition Democracy
The Professor Radcliff says that the main topic you will address in this course is still a work-in-progress.
“Even after the better part of a century, the world’s nations are still trying to define what real democracy is and how to establish it—not only within nations but between them as well, in the sense of fostering and sustaining relationships based on equality and not on raw power,” She notes.
We continue to be amazed by this extraordinary process.
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