GRST 268
Spring 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
GELT 268, COL 268 |
| Certificates: Social, Cultural and Critical Theory |
The names of the writers and thinkers Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud signal a revolution of thought in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This course is designed to make critical theory and contemporary discourses in the humanities and social sciences more accessible by providing the modern historical and philosophical foundations for key concepts such as interpretation, subject, history, politics/society, religion/morality, and art/aesthetics. We will explore some of the most influential writings of the respective authors in a comparative manner and, thus, come to a better understanding of the genesis of much modern thinking. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Interpretation |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(GRST-MN)(GRST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
THE MARX-ENGELS-READER, ed. by Robert Tucker (W. W. Norton)
THE BASIC WRITINGS OF NIETZSCHE, trans. by Walter Kaufmann (Modern Library)
Sigmund Freud: CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE EGO; THE EGO AND THE ID; (all W. W. Norton); MOSES AND MONOTHEISM (Vintage)
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Examinations and Assignments:
One take-home exam and two 5 - 6 page analytic papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course applies to the Critical Thought concentration for German Studies majors. |
| Instructor(s): Hoecker,Arne Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: ALLB103; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 36 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 9 | FR: 9 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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