Dayton HST 103 - Humanities Base Course

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Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Theme #8: The Impact of Science and TechnologyThe WheelSlide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23The West and the WorldHST 103Spring Term, 2010Humanities Base CourseHumanities Base Themes:•Autonomy and Responsibility• The Individual and Society• The Person and Nature• Faith and Reason“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.”“History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.” “Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Does history repeat itself?George Santayana1863-1952“If the study of history teaches us anything…”The Nature of our Political Discourse….“If the study of history teaches us anything, it teaches us that one can find convincing historical analogies and arguments to support just about any a priori position we have taken and are determined to defend.”---MormanJune 28, 1914Kaiser Wilhelmof GermanyFranz JosephofAustria-HungaryCzar Nicholas IIofRussiaHohenzollernHapsburgRomanovMunich 1938October 1962Patterns and Themes in History:A Toolbox for Comparing Civilizations and Understanding HistoryWhat is the pattern here?Theme #1:Theme #1: Political SystemsPolitical SystemsTheme #2:Theme #2: The Role of IdeasThe Role of IdeasNicholas Copernicus, 1473-1543Theme #3:Theme #3: Economics and HistoryEconomics and HistoryTheme #4:Theme #4:Social Life and Gender IssuesSocial Life and Gender IssuesTheme #5:Theme #5: The Importance of CultureThe Importance of CultureHigh CulturePopular CultureOKAY, if there is no God, who changes the water?Theme #6:Theme #6:Religion in HistoryReligion in HistoryTheme #7:Theme #7:The Role of IndividualsThe Role of IndividualsNapoleonJulius CaesarTheme #8:Theme #8:The Impact of Science and TechnologyThe Impact of Science and TechnologyThe MormanThe MormanWow! That Changes Everything.Scale of Technological Impact:The WheelThe WheelRelief of Early chariots on the Standard of Ur, ca. 2600 BC Wow! That Changes Everything.Wow! That Changes Everything.July 16, 19455:29amFirst A-BombTheme #9:Theme #9:Environment and HistoryEnvironment and HistoryTheme #10:Theme #10:The Migration of PeoplesThe Migration of Peoples–Migration In HistoryMigration In HistoryIt can be stated that throughout It can be stated that throughout history humans representing a history humans representing a particular culture and worldview have particular culture and worldview have “bumped” into other humans sharing “bumped” into other humans sharing a different culture and worldview. a different culture and worldview. The results are usually the good, the The results are usually the good, the bad, and the ugly.bad, and the ugly.“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.”“History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.” “Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Does history repeat itself?George


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