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Instructors: Univ. Prof. Dr. Winfried Herget
Event type:
online: Lecture
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.314
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
B.A.-students - PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS THE LECTURE AND NOT Prof. Herget's CULTURAL STUDIES IV COURSE (211): You can either attend Prof. Herget's lecture OR his Cultural Studies IV THIS semester. DO NOT REGISTER FOR BOTH!
Contents:
American ideology may be framed in two ways (which complement each other), one that can be traced back to John Locke and the concept of self-interest (egotism), the other to the Scottish moral-sense school and its ideas of benevolence and human sympathy (altruism) generating personal and social happiness. Throughout American history, this sentimental disposition has been a motivating force in various political and social reforms, such as abolitionism, women´s emancipation, charity and social equity movements as well as civil rights advocacy.
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