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HIST281
French Existentialism and Marxism
HIST281 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 6 | Times: .T..... 1:10PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
Photo Caption and Credits
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.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Holmes, O
- Times: .T..... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 0
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
Karl Marx and Jean-Paul Sartre
Reference:
Briggs, Asa. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE
CONTRADICTIONS OF
PROGRESS, London: McGraw-Hill, 1970 and THE BEST
OF LIFE, New
York: Time-Life Books, 1973 (page 237)
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