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HIST281
French Existentialism and Marxism
HIST281 SP
Not Currently Offered
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.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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