Introduction to Existentialism (FYS)
PHIL 213F
Fall 2020
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02
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This course covers the wide variety of thinkers who may be considered a part of the existentialist tradition. The political and cultural phenomenon of existentialism asks questions concerning the essence of freedom in modern society, the role of emotions and passions in subjectivity, how meaning is brought to life, and the tensions between individuality and society. We will address these questions through the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gabriel Marcel, Simone Weil, Richard Wright, Frantz Fanon, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin. Throughout we will investigate what lessons for political life and belonging we can draw from these thinkers in our contemporary world. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PHIL |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Fyodor Dostoevsky, NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Søren Kierkegaard, SICKNESS UNTO DEATH
Martin Heidegger, selections from BEING AND TIME
Jean-Paul Sartre, WHAT IS LITERATURE? and selections from CRITIQUE OF DIALECTICAL REASON
Simone de Beauvoir, THE ETHICS OF AMBIGUITY and selections from THE SECOND SEX
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, "Others and the Human World" and "Freedom" from THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION
Gabriel Marcel, THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXISTENTIALISM and selections from MAN AGAINST MASS SOCIETY
Simone Weil, OPPRESSION AND LIBERTY and selections from THE NEED FOR ROOTS
Richard Wright, "How Bigger was Born" from NATIVE SON and EIGHT MEN: SHORT STORIES
Frantz Fanon, "The Lived Experience of the Black" in BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Toni Morrison, THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD: ESSAYS, SPEECHES, MEDITATIONS
James Baldwin, "Everybody's Protest Novel" and "Many Thousands Gone"
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Examinations and Assignments:
The grading for this course will be 1) two longer papers at the midterm and end of the semester; 2) weekly writing exercises; 3) attendance and active participation. |
| Instructor(s): Paris,William Times: .M.W... 08:00AM-09:20AM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Paris,William Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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