HUSC 4341 Tradition and Innovation
The purpose of this course is to thematize questions and issues that arise from the University of Dallas core curriculum. The dynamism and transformational power of modern Western civilization (and any future global civilization that grows out of it) is unintelligible without recognizing that the modern West is an outgrowth of classic works and institutions and that these works and institutions inevitably produce an ethos encouraging principled change. Topics include the interplay of tradition, authority and cultural change; the notion of the classic; contrasts between traditionalism and tradition; the role of education and the university in transmitting tradition; the challenges to tradition of science and technology; and tensions between social diversification/specialization and the possibilities for living an integrated life.
Offered
Fall