France Interview I do feel that this course has utilized a transdisciplinary approach to studying France. We have studied some of the key elements of French history but also its modern popular culture as well. This paints a better picture of modern-day France, which is a combination of all of these different things. This course has given me a better sense of what it means to be French, and I think that is much more powerful and valuable than simply recounting some history. There is something in the French psyche or soul that is usually quite hard to capture, so it pays to study many different facets of Frenchness in order to get a more comprehensive view of France and the French people.

There are definitely things that I have learned about France and the French people that I did not know before. In studying another culture, I have also had the chance to reflect on things like how my own experience is similar to...

In other words, when you study another culture you have the chance to compare that culture to your own. You start to see how things are the same, but other things are a little bit different. It is easy to see for example that French culture has some positive aspects -- this is an important country in the world -- and that sometimes the French approach is quite different from our approach to things.
The French Revolution in particular informs us about a different approach to liberty and freedom. This occurred contemporaneously to the American Revolution and carried with it a similar set of ideals, but was at the same time different. So you end up with a different type of governance and a different concept of freedom of the individual.

Question 3. There is little question that the French experience can be understood in a complex way as Morin describes. One of the interesting aspects…