April 21st, 2009



In this video lecture, Professor Courtenay Raia lectures on Newton and the Enlightenment.

1. Course Introduction
2. Greek Mysticism and Rationality
3. The Patristic Period
4. The Witch Craze
5. Reformation and Revolution
6. 17th Century Thought
7. Greek Mysticism and Rationality (Part 2)
8. Mechanical Philosophy
9. Religion, Regicide, and Revolution
10. Lecture 10
11. Nature and Romanticism
12. Darwin and Science
13. Lecture 13
14. Lecture 14
15. Lecture 15
16. Lecture 16
17. 20th Century Physics
18. Quantum Mechanics
19. Spiritualism in the New Age
20. Final Lecture

Professor Courtenay Raia lectures on science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time. 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. Includes discussion concerning science in totalitarian settings as well as "big science" during the Cold War.

The original name of this course is: History 2D: Science, Magic and Religion.