Konichiwa Saitama students! you might find the link to the left interesting. you can watch a documentary series by Michael Wood. I have my Western Civilization students watch Episode 6: The Barbarian West to introduce some of the themes that I talk about in the course. Wood particularly mentions four themes that I also use. He argues that Western Civilization is characterized by:
1. Economic Individualism (capitalism), 2. A near-worship of technology, 3. Humanism/Individualism, 4. Barbarian Violence
The photo above is Professor Crawford pretending to act at an ancient Roman Amphitheater in France.
No comments:
Post a Comment