Discuss how we’ve seen the theme of Pride and Fall (explained in week 1) continuously pop up across different historical eras, figures, and readings using Doctor Faustus or Frankenstein and at least two other assigned readings. What does this theme tell us about STS in early modern Europe? How can it help us understand our world today?
Many of the assigned authors used observation to understand man, the natural world, politics, society, and changes wrought by modernity. Using Doctor Faustus or Frankenstein and at least two other assigned readings, analyze the observations the authors made by selecting a single theme that ties the three authors together. Considering their sources (or lack thereof), assumptions, omissions, and/or conclusions, what do their observations tell us about STS in early modern Europe? In what ways can we use their observations to understand our world today?
