Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThe course deals with the age of rationalism in Western history based on the philosophies of Leibniz, Locke, Hume, and Berkeley. It also examines the triumph of the bourgeoisie in English politics in the modifications of the social contract theory (which likewise becomes the basis for the American Declaration of Independence), the beginnings of the novel, movements in the arts, the reaction to all of this in the great Evangelical Movements across Europe and America, and the foundations – in war and economics – for the French Revolution. Not open to students with credit in GENT 22 . Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.Usually HeldTue Thu 8:45am–10:50am 