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French Existentialism and Marxism
HIST281 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
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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