马丁路德画像，取自路德“教会被巴比伦俘掳”（译注：马丁路德于1520年发表了三篇改教运动论文，其中第二篇即为“教会被巴比伦俘掳”）一书。（影像来源：美国国会图书馆） Portrait of Martin Luther from Luther's On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520. (Image courtesy of theLibrary of Congress.)
This subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period.Such a foundation course is central to the humanities in Europe (Geistesgeschichte, histoire des idées).The curriculum introduces a set of ideas and arguments that have played a formative role in European cultural history, and acquaints them with some exemplars of critical thought.With each text, special consideration will be devoted to the work's enduring influence over contemporary European culture.
