Interpreting the 20th Century – The Struggle Over Democracy

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Consider the dramatic and rapid changes that shaped the world’s political, social, and economic struggles during the twentieth century: the first flight and space flight, the Manhattan Project and the welfare state, Nietzsche and Freud, the Great Depression and inflation, moving pictures and home computers, the Cold War and terrorism – and war and peace.

These 48 complete lectures investigate this astonishing history and present a multidisciplinary perspective of how the contemporary world came to be and how democracy arose as a political ideal, despite the fact that the limitations of a truly democratic world order are still hotly debated. You’ll learn how the twentieth century may be interpreted as a history of ideas, and how those concepts both impacted events and were influenced by them to build the society we live in today.

Professor Radcliff not only distills political and economic themes from a century of global history, but she also explains them clearly, calling on other disciplines as needed to bring essential ideas to life. She frames the course’s viewpoint as covering the “Enlightenment Project” – the acceptance of liberal, democratic, rationalist ideals across most of the world – while underlining the unresolved nature of the democratic fight.

As you progress through the century, you’ll learn about the “crisis of meaning” unleashed by World War I, the various methods of Fascism and Communism to organizing and mobilizing crowds, and how art gave a window into the psychological forces at work in public life. Extensive case studies bring history’s themes to life.

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