Course Details
Country:
Spain
Institution:
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Course Title:
Culture in its Historical Dimension
Course Number:
Course Description:
This course aims to raise students' awareness of the diachronic aspect of culture. As a historical phenomenon, it is the result of a distillation process in which the intellectual operatives have exercised a selection of those issues that have proved to be appropriate for ideological and political legitimation. By analyzing culture at the service of the dominant, one acquires a critical perception of what appears to constitute an immovable block, that is, culture as the repository of everything worth knowing, disseminating and enjoying. From this perspective, it is possible to understand the reasons why the foundations of culture and its contents are some and not its opposites, or others forgotten. The knowledge of cultural references throughout history contributes to understanding why the awareness that culture has been the repository of legitimisation of the oligarchies generates a reaction of opposition to this formalised and closed baggage, giving rise to the emergence
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
HIST L388
Course URL:
https://aplicaciones.uc3m.es/cpa/cpa/generaFichaPDF?ano=2019&plan=435&asignatura=18365&idioma=2
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