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Unit 3 Review
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Abstract
Understand the historical origins of modern scientific knowledge and explain how the scientific method came to influence Western society, culture, and intellectual life. Describe what is meant by the “Copernican shift” in science and explain how Copernicus’s breakthrough in astronomy led to a complete redefinition of scientific and philosophical knowledge in the early-modern period.
Contents
- Unit 1:: The Emergence of the Modern West
- Unit 1:: The Emergence of the Modern West
- The Protestant Reformation and Its Aftereffects
- The Protestant Reformation and Its After-effects
- The Rebirth of Humanism in the West
- The Rebirth of Humanism in the West
- Crises of the Medieval World
- Crises of the Medieval World
- The Emergence of the Modern West - Review
- Unit 1 Review
- Unit 2:: The Growth of Western Civilization
- Unit 2:: The Growth of Western Civilization
- Commodity Trading and the Birth of an Atlantic Economy
- Commodity Trading and the Birth of an Atlantic Economy
- Spain, Portugal, and the Invention of Western Power
- Spain, Portugal, and the Invention of Western Power
- The Emergence of the National Monarchy
- The Emergence of the National Monarchy
- The Growth of Western Civilization - Review
- Unit 2 Review
- Unit 3:: From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
- Unit 3:: From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
- The Newtonian Cosmos
- The Newtonian Cosmos
- The Destabilization of the Spiritual Worldview
- The Destabilization of the Spiritual Worldview
- The Copernican Revolution
- The Copernican Revolution
- From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment - Review
- Unit 3 Review
- Unit 4:: The Enlightenment
- Unit 4:: The Enlightenment
- Kant and the Redemption of Enlightenment
- Kant and the Redemption of Enlightenment
- Rousseau and Radicalization
- From Locke to Jefferson
- From Locke to Jefferson
- The Enlightenment - Review
- Unit 4 Review
- Unit 5:: An Age of Revolution
- Unit 5:: An Age of Revolution
- A New Historical Order
- A New Historical Order
- Novus dux Napoleon
- Novus dux Napoleon
- The French Revolution
- The French Revolution
- An Age of Revolution - Review
- Unit 5 Review
- Unit 6:: The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness
- Unit 6:: The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness
- Romanticism
- Romanticism
- Tradition versus Progress
- Tradition versus Progress
- The Nation
- The Nation
- The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness - Review
- Unit 6 Review
- Unit 7:: Industrialization and Its Aftereffects
- Unit 7:: Industrialization and Its After-effects
- From Textiles to Steam Engines
- From Textiles to Steam Engines
- Intellectual Responses to Industrial Modernity
- Intellectual Responses to Industrial Modernity
- Marx and the Communist Manifesto
- Marx and the Communist Manifesto
- Industrialization and Its After-effects - Review
- Unit 7 Review
- Unit 8:: The Apex of Modern Civilization
- Unit 8:: The Apex of Modern Civilization
- New States and Old Problems
- New States and Old Problems
- Challenges from Without
- Challenges from Without
- Challenges from Within
- Challenges from Within
- The Apex of Modern Civilization - Review
- Unit 8 Review
- Unit 9:: New Imperialism
- Unit 9:: New Imperialism
- Prelude to War
- Prelude to War
- Case Studies in New Imperialism
- Case Studies in New Imperialism
- Origins and Modes
- Origins and Modes
- New Imperialism - Review
- Unit 9 Review
- Unit 10:: World War I
- Unit 10:: World War I
- The Suicide of the West
- The Suicide of the West
- Strategies and Operations
- Strategies and Operations
- Causes and Contingencies
- Causes and Contingencies
- World War I - Review
- Unit 10 Review
- Unit 11:: Totalitarianism
- Unit 11:: Totalitarianism
- Communism in the Soviet Union
- Communism in the Soviet Union
- Fascism in Western Europe
- Fascism in Western Europe
- Totalitarianism as Anti-modernity
- Totalitarianism as Anti-modernity
- Totalitarianism - Review
- Unit 11 Review
- Unit 12:: World War II
- Unit 12:: World War II
- The Restoration of Modern Consciousness
- The Restoration of Modern Consciousness
- Expansions and Turning Points
- Expansions and Turning Points
- The Inescapable Path to War
- The Inescapable Path to War
- World War II - Review
- Unit 12 Review
- Unit 13:: The Cold War
- Unit 13:: The Cold War
- The Concept of a “Third” World
- The Concept of a “Third” World
- The Western Response
- The Western Response
- An Ideological Showdown
- An Ideological Showdown
- The Cold War - Review
- Unit 13 Review
- Unit 14:: The West and the “Global” World
- Unit 14:: The West and the “Global” World
- Crises of Climate, Credit, and Historical Consciousness
- Crises of Climate, Credit, and Historical Consciousness
- Terrorism and Popular Culture
- Terrorism and Popular Culture
- Imperialism Redefined
- Imperialism Redefined
- The West and the “Global” World - Review
- Unit 14 Review
- Unit 15:: Postmodernism and the End of History
- Unit 15:: Postmodernism and the End of History
- The Meaning of the “End of the World”
- The Meaning of the “End of the World”
- Lack of Credulity
- Lack of Credulity
- Post-historical Humanity
- Post-historical Humanity
- Postmodernism and the End of History - Review
- Unit 15 Review