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History of Western Civilization

History of Western Civilization. Instructor: Roberta Mazza. TAs and Discussion Sections. Tim Daniels Olivier Dufault Alison Turtledov Tracey Watts Nathan Perry Charles Delgadillo Brian Ernst Sarah Watkins. What does polis mean?. What is this?.

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History of Western Civilization

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  1. History of Western Civilization Instructor: Roberta Mazza

  2. TAs and Discussion Sections • Tim Daniels • Olivier Dufault • Alison Turtledov • Tracey Watts • Nathan Perry • Charles Delgadillo • Brian Ernst • Sarah Watkins

  3. What does polis mean?

  4. What is this?

  5. Read the syllabus carefully and if you have questions: • Ask to me next time • Ask to your TA • Contact me at my office hours or by appointment HSSB 4213-Wed 3:00-4:00 Tel. 893-2166 or by email: mazza@history.ucsb.edu

  6. …and consider this: things will become clearer during the following weeks … so come to the lectures and sections!

  7. Western Civilization?

  8. GLOBALIZATION refers to fundamental changes in the spatial and temporal contours of social existence, according to which the significance of space or territory undergoes shifts in the face of a no less dramatic acceleration in the temporal structure of crucial forms of human activity From: Scheuerman, William, "Globalization", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2006 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL: <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2006/entries/globalization/>

  9. RELATIVISM some central aspect of experience, thought,evaluation, or even reality is somehow relative to something else. For example standards of justification, moral principles or truth are sometimes said to be relative to language, culture, or biological makeup From: Swoyer, Chris, "Relativism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2003 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2003/entries/relativism/>

  10. POSTCOLONIALISM A range of theories in different fields (as literature, philosophy, arts) that deal with the impact of colonial rules on cultures

  11. Civilization I • An advanced state of development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record keeping, including writing, and complex political and social institutions ‘Civilization’ in American Heritage Dictionary

  12. Civilization II • The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch ‘Civilization’ in American Heritage Dictionary

  13. Civilization III • The act or process of civilizing or reaching a civilized state ‘Civilization’ in American Heritage Dictionary

  14. Civilization IV • Cultural or intellectual refinement; good taste. • Modern society with its convenience ‘Civilization’ in American Heritage Dictionary

  15. The word CIVILIZATION derives from the same root of the latin words civis (= citizen) and civitas (= city)

  16. ‘Civilization’ has deep roots into the history and the development of the city, and of the concepts of community and citizenship

  17. Western • adjective from West, one of the cardinal points • West depends on points of view • points of view depend on our own position, i.e. on our cultural backgrounds and conventions

  18. MAX WEBER 1864-1920 German political economist, he is considered as one of the founders of sociology Author of The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, London: George Allen&Unwin LTD, 1976, or. Germ. 1904,1905 (Introduction, in: Course Reader, pp.3-13)

  19. JACK GOODY 1919 English social anthropologist Author of The Theft of History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006 (chapter 1, in: Course Reader, pp.15-22)

  20. The main aim of my course is to give you information which will enable you to build up your own opinion about the concept of ‘Western Civilization’, about what Occident means to you, here and now.

  21. I am going to pursue this aim by the mean of history

  22. we will follow – with some jumps back and forwards – the narrative of events that historians are writing, re-writing and commenting since almost 2,500 years we will focus on some key aspects of civilization: city, state, religion and the individual. We will consider how they influenced one another and how their shapes and inter-relationships changed during history

  23. I will try to show you: that there is a meaningful link between the past and the present, that the idea of 'Western Civilization' is a cultural construct that all this matters to you as human beings and citizens

  24. What I think to be essential for this course is: • to be curious • to be precise • to be dubious • to be yourself, without forgetting to give explanations and proofs for all your assertions

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