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Academic Year 2003/2004


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.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004


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