Language & Revolution
2:40pm–3:55pm
MILBANK HALL MIL 227
Barnard
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Description
Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). Kants Enlightenment motto, sapere aude, took on political significance for Spanish American revolutionaries who made their case in prose, pushing against the constraints of the essay. This course traces the genres evolution from the transatlantic debate over political independence to the exuberant declarations of intellectual independence that would follow.
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- 3 credits
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