15 Aug Modern European Thought and Culture
Instructions: Please write at least 350 words each (i.e. at least 700 words total) in response to two the following questions. Your essay must make specific references to Spielvogel’s Western Civilization, or the other reading assignments from the course and use MLA Style citations. Feel free to use any secondary sources, either from this course or independently, to make your case. Please e-mail me if you have any questions regarding the paper.
1) Discuss the impact of police forces to establish ordered society in the era of Conservatism in Western Europe in the mid-19th century. How does the growth of policing in Western Europe inform your view on contemporary issues in America? Compare specific examples.
2) Briefly explain why nationalism was both a benefit and problem for Germany in its rise to power in the second half of the 19th century. How does the growth of nationalism in Western Europe inform your view on contemporary issues in America? Compare specific examples.
