PHIL225

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PHIL225

Critical Social Theory PHIL225 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       16      0         16

An examination and discussion of some major texts in the modern Western tradition which consider the place, power, and limits of reason in social life.

MAJOR READINGS

Selections from Kant's political writings.
Hobbes: LEVIATHAN
Rousseau: DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY
Selections from Karl Marx
Mathew Arnold: CULTURE OR ANARCHY
Freud: CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Max Weber: PROTESTANT ETHIC...
Selections from Adorno and Horkheimer.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Numerous short essays on course readings.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA PHIL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Huhn, T; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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