本課程以十四世紀末文藝復興及地理大發現為起點，經過宗教改革、專制政體與啟蒙運動後，工業革命(1750)及法國大革命(1789)所謂雙重革命塑造了近代世界的產業及政治型態，十九世紀歐洲革命與反革命的交替，到1870年代進入歐洲顛峰時期，新帝國主義快速向全球擴張，歐洲內部興起大眾政治與文化，而列強間的衝突導致兩次大戰，帶來許多痛苦的轉變，到二十世紀末冷戰結束為止，探討近代世界形成與發展的歷程，增進學生對今日世界的理解。

This course takes the Renaissance and the Geographical Discovery at the end of the 14th century as the starting point. After the religious reform, autocracy and the Enlightenment, the so-called dual revolutions of the Industrial Revolution (1750) and the French Revolution (1789) shaped the industrial and political patterns of the modern world. The alternation of revolution and counter-revolution in Europe in the 19th century, to the 18th century Europe entered its peak period in the 1970s, when new imperialism expanded rapidly around the world, mass politics and culture emerged within Europe, and conflicts between great powers led to two wars, bringing about many painful changes until the end of the Cold War at the end of the twentieth century. This course explores the formation and development of the modern world, and enhances students' understanding of today's world.

介紹世界文化發展，從文藝復興時期開始，直到近代的局勢。著力於各地的政治史、主要宗教的發展、文化的重要議題，呈現不同地區、不同民族與族群的互動，思想、經濟、科學、社會結構等的影響。課程提供現代世界文化史的脈絡與成因。

Introduces the development of world culture from the Renaissance to modern times. Focusing on the political history of various places, the development of major religions, and important cultural issues, it presents the interaction of different regions, different nationalities and ethnic groups, and the impact of thought, economy, science, and social structure. The course provides the context and causes of the cultural history of the modern world.

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Donald Kagan, Steve Ozment, Frank M. Turner, The Western Heritage, Tenth Edition, 2010, Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

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Hobs Bang, "Nations and Nationalism", Taipei: Wheatfield Publishing, 1997.
Hobsbang, "The Age of Revolution", "The Age of Capital", "The Age of Empire", Taipei: Wheatfield Publishing, 1997.
Hobs Bang, "The Age of Extremes", Shang Xia, Taipei: Wheatfield Publishing, 1996.
Donald Kagan, Steve Ozment, Frank M. Turner, The Western Heritage, Tenth Edition, 2010, Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.