Odyssey of the West. VI a classic education through the great books. The twentieth century (Modern scholar)
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The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part six imparts a learned understanding of the forces that shaped-- and continue to shape--... Full description
- Lecture 1. Anglophone America and the United States
- Lecture 2. Soren Kierkegaard
- Lecture 3. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Lecture 4. Nietzsche
- Lecture 5. The rise of psychology and Sigmund Freud
- Lecture 6. The age of empire and the Great War
- Lecture 7. Modernism
- Lecture 8. The modern novel
- Lecture 9. The lost generation
- Lecture 10. Logical positivism and Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Lecture 11. World War II and the postwar world
- Lecture 12. Jean-Paul Sartre
- Lecture 13. Postmodernism
- Lecture 14. The contemporary world.