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Academic Year 2002/2003
Post-Modern Theory with an Historical Intent
HIST 318 FA
This seminar will examine the possibility of employing recent advances in "post-modern" philosophy in the service of rigorous historical investigation. Can post-modern theory be used historically or are these two terms
antithetical? We will explore the origins of post-modernism and its various incarnations (in post-structuralism, post-colonialism, gender studies, and feminist theory) and then look to apply these methodologies in
specific
historical case studies.
MAJOR READINGS
Authors to be read may include (but will not be limited to): Theodor Adorno, Etienne Balibar, Homi Bhabha, Walter Benjamin, Maurice Blanchot, Helene Cixous, Paul De Man, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Luce Irigaray,
Jacques Lacan, Jean-Francois
Lyotard, Jean-Luc Nancy, Friedrich Nietzsche.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Class attendance and active participation are essential to pass to course. At least one class presentation. Two short papers and one research paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Only COL majors will be allowed to take this course on a credit/unsatisfactory basis. All others must take this course for a letter grade.
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.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA HIST
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Kleinberg,Ethan C.
- Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: BTFDC314
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 3 FR:
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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