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Western Civilization II 1500 to Present
: From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
Editor in Chief:
Eric Cunningham, Gonzaga University
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1. The Emergence of the Modern West
2. The Growth of Western Civilization
3. From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
4. The Enlightenment
5. An Age of Revolution
6. The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness
7. Industrialization and Its After-effects
8. The Apex of Modern Civilization
9. The Age of New Imperialism
10. The Great War
11. Totalitarianism
12. World War II
13. The Cold War
14. The West and the “Global” World
15. Postmodernism and the End of History
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Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger: Malleus maleficarum (1486)
Paracelsus: Concerning the Nature of Things (1537)
Nicolaus Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres (1543)
Fama Fraternitatis (ca. 1610)
Galileo Galilei: Starry Messenger (1610)
Letter of Cardinal Bellarmine to Paolo Antonio Foscarini concerning Galileo’s Theories (1615)
René Descartes: Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason (ca. 1637)
Great Muscovite Law Code (1649)
Michel de Montaigne: “Of the Education of Children” (1579–1580)
Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651)
Oliver Cromwell: Speech at the Opening of the Protectorate Parliament (1654)
Blaise Pascal: Pensées (1660)
John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687)
Emanuel Swedenborg: Invitation to the New Church (ca. 1760–1772)
Other Resources: Western Civilization II, Unit 3
Unit Essays: Western Civilization II, Unit 3
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Key Concepts: Western Civilization II, Unit 3
Key Arguments: Western Civilization II, Unit 3
Unit Objectives: Western Civilization II, Unit 3
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From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
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The Newtonian Cosmos
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The Destabilization of the Spiritual Worldview
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The Copernican Revolution
