CH
5.0Reviewed Dec 28, 2020
Excellent course. The lectures were engaging and very informative and broad with the inclusion of a variety of thinkers. I also appreciated learning about the paintings of the post-modern period.
The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1)
This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern (or progressive, or hip) became one of the crucial criteria for understanding and evaluating cultural change. Are we still in modernity, or have we moved beyond the modern to the postmodern?
Status: World History
Status: Aesthetics
Course12 hours
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DS
5.0Reviewed Jan 30, 2018
Best course and professor I have taken at Coursera, since Demystifying Mindfulness (which is #1).Really liked Prof Roth, and appreciate his continued emails after the course via Mentor connections.
CE
5.0Reviewed Mar 19, 2018
Very interesting subject matter, and the course was well organized and accessible. Would recommend taking the course to those interested in late Western philosophy.
JW
5.0Reviewed Apr 23, 2017
An excellent introduction to Modernism that spans disciplines. The enthusiasm and humour of Michael Roth ensures parts of the course that might be difficult or dull are far from it.
ES
5.0Reviewed Dec 26, 2016
A very interesting course. A privilege to be part of it. A powerful inspiration and motive to learn more about the most important figures of the last couple of centuries.
JR
5.0Reviewed Aug 1, 2019
It was a fabulous journey, and brought me so much nearer to the great minds of the 18th and especially the 19th century, reading original texts, and listening to Prof Roth's wonderful interpretations.
AG
5.0Reviewed Dec 4, 2015
Excellent course. I really enjoyed this and it opened my eyes to areas of thought and thinking that I had not previously had the opportunity to encounter or study.
CC
5.0Reviewed Feb 5, 2018
extremely informative! with both a strong historical aspect and theoretical side to the lecteurs i think it is a must for people going to further study of art, philosophy or history.
MM
5.0Reviewed Jun 17, 2020
A great course! Thanks to Prof. Roth and his university for conducting such a wonderful course. Really, helped me a lot. Can't wait for "The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2)."
ES
5.0Reviewed Sep 10, 2018
Excellent course! Very motivating and inspiring lectures. I am more than glad to have found this course and i will be continuing with Part II for certain. Thank you!
VG
5.0Reviewed Jan 10, 2024
One of the most unique and rich in knowledge course that I've made, I recommend this course if you're into philosophy or if you want to start learning it. Writing the essay was a challenge but fun.
ME
5.0Reviewed May 28, 2022
Thats really a fantastic course to dive in for greater understanding of the key ideas and figures of the modern and the postmodern. Goona enroll for part II as well... Very much delighted..