EAS105H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Modern Art, Gas Lighting, History Of Europe
31 Aug 2017
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Work towards a definition of modern or modernity Discuss if east asia was modern in early 1800s. Think about why east asia was compelled to modernize/westernize. Look at reading response 1 (due next monday at 10pm) Midterm, final, and annotated bibliography uses reading response/readings. Tie argument to other readings and discussions in lecture/tutorial. Aren"t all the same but identify as being something the same. Modern people live in nations-> live in place together and all have something in common. Western definition-> europe and what is going on there. Example: wage instead of trading, value in what you can buy, make table legs instead of table (alienation-> alie(cid:374)ated fro(cid:373) ta(cid:271)le, do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)ow how to (cid:373)ake a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g else e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept ta(cid:271)le leg) Language gets closed down to very clear system. Select group of events that happen at the same time for people. Grouping people together, people who are similar in some ways.
