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Academic Year 2002/2003

From Hegel to Nietzsche
PHIL 276 FA
Crosslistings:
RELI 295
COL 259

This lecture-discussion course is devoted to left-wing Hegelianism during the 1830s and 40s, in which an increasingly radical critique of religion developed and passed over into theories of social revolution and cultural transformation, represented in Marx and Nietzsche. Readings in Hegel, D.F. Strauss, Bruno Bauer, Ludwig Feuerbach, Karl Marx, Max Stirner, Soren Kierkegaard, and Friedrich Nietzsche.

MAJOR READINGS

G.W.F. Hegel, selections from PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT
L. Stepelevich, THE YOUNG HEGELIANS: AN ANTHOLOGY Karl Marx, THE GERMAN IDEOLOGY
Soren Kierkegaard, FEAR AND TREMBLING
Friedrich Nietzsche, GENEALOGY OF MORALS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two examinations and a paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

All students other than COL majors must register for A-F. This course fulfills a "Critical Theory" requirement for Religion majors.

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS PHIL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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