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Academic Year 2004/2005
Understanding Modernity: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
GERM 268 SP
The names of the writers and thinkers Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud signal a revolution of thought in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This course is designed to make "Critical Theory" and
contemporary
discourses in the humanities and social sciences more accessible by providing the modern historical and philosophical foundations for key concepts such as "interpretation," "subject," "history," "politics/society,"
"religion/morality,"
and "art/aesthetics." We will explore some of the most influential writings of the respective authors in a comparative manner, and, thus, come to a better understanding of the genesis of much modern thinking.
MAJOR READINGS
The Marx-Engels-Reader, ed. by Robert Tucker (W. W. Norton)
The Basic Writings of Nietzsche, trans. by Walter Kaufmann (Modern Library)
Sigmund Freud: Civilization and its Discontents; Group Psychology and the
Analysis of the Ego; The Ego and the
Id; The Future of an Illusion (all W. W. Norton)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly one-page position papers, one oral presentation, and one final paper (8-10 pages).
COURSE FORMAT:
Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GERM
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Plass,Ulrich
- Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: SCIE58;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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