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Academic Year 2002/2003
French Existentialism and Marxism
HIST 281 SP
This course is a study of French thinkers of the 20th century who challenged and reevaluated the principles upon which Western society was based, with an emphasis on the problems and theories concerning the standards of
moral action, the nature of political knowledge, ethical relativity, free will and determination.
MAJOR READINGS
Hegel, PHENOMENOLOGY OF MIND (selections) Marx, THE GERMAN IDEOLOGY (selections) Nietzsche, BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (selections), GENEALOGY OF MORALS Sartre, BEING AND NOTHINGNESS (selections), EXISTENTIALISM IS A
HUMANISM; REFLECTIONS ON THE JEWISH
QUESTION (translated as ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW), BLACK ORPHEUS, NO EXIT Merleau-Ponty, HUMANISM AND TERROR Fanon, THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH, BLACK SKINS, WHITE MASKS (selections) Koestler, DARKNESS AT NOON Cesaire,
DISCOURSE ON COLONIALISM Senghor,
SELECTED POETRY Camus, THE STRANGER, THE REBEL Breton, SURREALISM Gide, THE IMMORALIST
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Term paper, approximately 25 pages.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
The instructor of this course will not be using the on-line wait list. If you are interested in this course, please contact the instructor directly.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W.
- Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC136
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)
- SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 3
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 4 FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Speaking, Focused Inquiry Course
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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