Machines and Modernity
ENGL 212
Spring 2009
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SISP 213 |
Since the scientific revolution, philosophers and theorists have turned to machines and technological innovation to explain the distinctive cultural conditions of modernity. If technology has made possible miraculous new freedoms, it has also been implicated in new forms of political oppression, alienation, and environmental collapse. In this class we will trace the paradoxical power of the machine by reading some of the most influential philosophical and theoretical works from the Enlightenment through to contemporary posthumanism. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing
This is a writing-intensive course. This course incorporates public speaking through student presentations and intensive class discussion.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL, HA PHIL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Descartes, Diderot, Marx, Freud, Benjamin, Foucault, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Katherine Hayles, Marshall McLuhan and Wolfgang Schivelbusch.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two 5-6 page papers, one oral presentation, and four short response papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course meets the Theory requirement for the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Drury,Joseph Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: RLANB2; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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