SHUM 4719

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SHUM 4719
The Dark Side of the Renaissance: The Tragic Origins of Modernity

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course examines the Renaissance and the early modern period not only as a celebrated age of creativity, artistic innovation, and intellectual rebirth, but also as an era deeply marked by violence, domination, and systemic inequality. By moving beyond triumphalist narratives of “progress” and “civilization,” the course invites students to consider the darker foundations of modernity: the emergence of practices of exclusion, exploitation, and repression that shaped both European societies and the wider world.


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6719

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8493 SHUM 4719   SEM 101

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    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Foa, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person