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History 2D: Science, Magic, and Religion (Spring 2009, UCLA). Taught by Professor Courtenay Raia, this course deals with science and religion
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
527 years, 8 months
Units & Quizzes
19
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time and examines the earlier mind-set before 1700 when into science fitted elements that came eventually to be seen as magical. The course also question how Western cosmologies became "disenchanted." Magical tradition transformed into modern mysticisms is also examined as well as the political implications of these movements. And the course includes discussion concerning science in totalitarian settings as well as "big science" during the Cold War
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Course Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Greek Mysticism and Rationality Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – The Patristic Period Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – The Witch Craze Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Reformation and Revolution Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – 17th Century Though Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Newton and the Enlightenment Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Mechanical Philosophy Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Religion, Regicide, and Revolution Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Nature and Romanticism Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Darwin and Science Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Romanticism and Spiritualism Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Psychical Research Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Human Sciences and Freud Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Gnostic Revival Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – 20th Century Physics Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Quantum Mechanics Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Spiritualism in the New Age Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Concluding Lecture Unlimited
