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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请
联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
欧洲现代思想概论 The Time of Modernity
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授课院系
Originating Department
社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences
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课程编号
Course Code
SS111
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课程学分 Credit Value
2
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课程类别
Course Type
通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring
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授课语言
Teaching Language
英文 English
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
all instructors）
Phillip Henry
南方科技大学人文社会科学荣誉学会 Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts,SUSTech
pjhe85@gmail.com
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
NA
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
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授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
学时数
Credit Hours
32
32
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
NA
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this
course is a pre-requisite
NA
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
NA
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
Specifically, this course aims to:
Introduce students to a new way of thinking about modern life centered on the idea and experience of time
Familiarize students with the broad lines of development in Western history from the mid-18
th
through the mid-
20
th
centuries
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
After studying this course, students should be able to:
Develop a deeper, richer understanding of one of the crucial facets of modern life time, namely its experience
and conception of time (qua historical understanding, horizons of expectation, and lived experience)
Have a broad familiarity with the lines of development in Western history from the mid-18
th
through the mid-20
th
centuries
Effectively communicate complex ideas in written and oral English
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
Week 1: Course introduction – will discuss syllabus and course expectations (no reading)
Week 2: An Enlightening Age – will discuss the new conceptions of historical time and civilizational progress that
emerged in the Enlightenment (reading: Condorcet, Outline of a Historical View of the Progress of Mankind, tenth age)
Week 3: Revolution and Regeneration – will discuss the conceptions of revolution and the visions of human
regeneration that emerged in the course of the French Revolution (reading: Robespierre, “On the Principles of
Revolutionary Government”)
Week 4: Romanticism and the Past – will discuss the new ideas of historical development and the new visions of the
past that emerged in the cultural and intellectual movement of romanticism (reading: Novalis, “Christianity or Europe?”)
Week 5: Capitalist Temporalities– will discuss the new rhythms of work and new regimes of time discipline that
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emerged in the course of early industrialization (reading: Marx, Capital selections on labor time and the working day)
Week 6: The Nation and its History – will discuss 19
th
century nationalism and the idea of the nation as deeply rooted
ethno-cultural identity and the focal point of human striving for emancipation (reading: Mazzini, “Duties to Country”)
Week 7: Evolution and the Past of the Species – will discuss the emergence of scientific theories of evolution over
the second half of the 19
th
century and the way they spoke to contemporary political and social concerns (reading:
Herbert Spencer, “The Comparative Psychology of Man”)
Week 8: Fin-de-Siècle Visions and Anxieties – will discuss prevalent anxieties that revolved around ideas of time at
the end of the 19
th
century, in particular as a response to the crises of economic and political liberalism (reading: Max
Nordau, “Degeneration” selections)
Week 9: The Acceleration of Life – will discuss the general acceleration of life as a result of technological advances
and urbanization as well as the uneven development of a standardized global regime of time (reading: F. T. Marinetti,
“The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism”)
Week 10: The Great War and the New Man – will discuss the impact of the first total war on conceptions of human and
civilizational development and the birth of the idea of the “new man” from the experience of the war (reading: Ernst
Jünger, The Worker, selections)
Week 11: Work and Time – will discuss the impact of scientific management and industrial development (Taylorism
and Fordism) on the time of work and the impact of business cycles on the rhythm of everyday life. (no reading: in class
movie, “Modern Times”)
Week 12: Fascism and Time – will discuss the fascist conception of the new person and fascism’s relation to the past
and modernity (reading: Gentile/Mussolini, “Foundations and Doctrine of Fascism”)
Week 13: Nazism – will discuss the visions of history and the future in National Socialism (reading: TBD)
Week 14: Working Through the Past – will discuss new conceptions of historical trauma and working through the past
(Vergangenheitsbewältigung) that emerged in aftermath of WWII (reading: Alexander Mitscherlich, The Inability to
Mourn, selections)
Week 15: Cold War Futures – will discuss the conceptions of the future that emerged in the shadow of the new
geopolitical standoff and the technological threats of the Cold War (reading: TBD)
Week 16: Decolonization and the Historical Horizon of Human Rights (reading: TBD)
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
Condorcet, Outline of a Historical View of the Progress of Mankind
Robespierre, “On the Principles of Revolutionary Government”
Novalis, “Christianity or Europe?”
Marx, Capital selections on labor time and the working day
Mazzini, “Duties to Country”
Herbert Spencer, “The Comparative Psychology of Man”
Max Nordau, “Degeneration” selections
F. T. Marinetti, “The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism”
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Ernst Jünger, The Worker, selections
Gentile/Mussolini, “Foundations and Doctrine of Fascism”
Alexander Mitscherlich, The Inability to Mourn, selections
课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
10
More than 4 absences, fail course
课堂表现
Class
Performance
15
Contributions to discussion and
general engagement
小测验
Quiz
课程项目 Projects
平时作业
Assignments
40
Four 300-500 word response papers
on weekly readings
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
期末考试
Final Exam
期末报告
Final
Presentation
35
Final Essay of 2000-2500 words on
assigned topic
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）
Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority