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Academic Year 2003/2004
French Existentialism and Marxism
HIST 281 FA
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
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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