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Jan 15, 2025
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2021-2022 Hill Book (Class of 2025) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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LC 308 - Learning Community: Power & Propaganda in the Ancient WorldFour Credits
Offered Periodically
By examining public art-palaces, temples and churches- and primary texts from ancient cultures such as Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia and Israel, this course explores how people in power claim the right to rule over others. Critical methodologies include communication theory, post-colonial theory and the complicated political discourse of democracies. Students will connect ancient and modern political language by critiquing public monuments in the Boston area while also considering the current conversation about removing public monuments in the U.S.
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
Note: May count as a Biblical and Ancient Religions course for Religious Studies majors and minors.
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