History of Ideas I: Modern Times

Education facts

Code: KVGH13

The module provides a general history of ideas survey of the 19th and 20th centuries with extensions into the early 21st century from Romanticism to Postmodernism, and illustrates the changes taking place in conceptions of nature, society, science, culture, and humanity. Political ideoIogies, systems thinking, social movements and the development and institutionalisation of science are treated along with philosophical specialisations and diversification. The diversity of intellectual trends and recurring patterns and structures are of special importance. In addition, other power aspects of knowledge are addressed in the study of positive and negative approaches to the development of science and technology. Instruction is in the form of lectures, presenting overviews of essential content, and mandatory seminars on course content in the light of course literature, in which students discuss their understanding orally and in writing.

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Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• History of Ideas I: Modern Times

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 9 November 2026

  End date: 13 December 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %