14. What is “The West”?
• Europe?
• Areas influenced by ancient Greece & Rome?
• Cultures dominated by Christianity?
• Areas colonized by Europe and/or under
imperial control?
16. What is “The West”?
• Europe?
• Areas influenced by ancient Greece & Rome?
• Cultures dominated by Christianity?
• Areas colonized by Europe and/or under imperial
control?
• West of what? What is “the East? What is not
part of “the West”?
20. What is Civilization?
• Dictionary definitions:
1. “An advanced state of human society, in which a
high level of culture, science, industry, and
government has been reached.”
2. ”Any type of culture, society, etc., of a specific
place, time, or group. For example: Greek
civilization.”
- Both problematic definitions, WHY?
21. Why do we have Western
Civilization courses in the U.S.?
• Connecting U.S. to “Western tradition”
• First broadly introduced after WWI
• WWII & “Atlantic Civilization”
• Recent focus on World History
- So why do we still study Western Civilization
in college today?