Geography 2050A/B Lecture Notes - Cecil Rhodes, Blaise Pascal, Noble Savage
19 Mar 2014
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Midterm: memorize only significant things; don"t need to memorize all dates and names. How the construct of race spread throughout the world and resulted in terrible events. Deconstructing concept of race and racism to get rid of the idea. Enlightenment: 18th century from french and english philosophers. Scientific revolution and secular europe: sr was the final expression of the 16th century renaissance, and its definitive contribution to the modern world. Enlightenment: joined forces of scientific revolution and secularism. Scientific revolution and non-religion (separation of church and state) First time, science is separated from god-given knowledge. European enlightenment circa 18th century: by the 18th century, the scientific revolution, and the birth of the modern era, was complete, newton"s principia mathematica 1687 (celebrated as the triumph of the modern mind over ancient and medieval ignorance) Thinkers of the enlightenment (17th and 18th centuries) British and french philosophers: rene descartes (d 1670) Isaac newton (d 1727: french, english, thomas hobbes (d 1679, english.
