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Authenticity and Its Others SOC 307 Spring 2013 not offered This course will examine scholarly and popular conceptions of authenticity and inauthenticity. How do notions of authenticity function within contemporary culture? What are the various inauthentic others to which authenticity is juxtaposed? Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC Course Format: Discussion Grading Mode: Graded Level: UGRD Prerequisites: SOC151 Fulfills a Requirement for: None Major Readings: 14 Movies including THE MATRIX, AVATAR, THE SOCIAL NETWORK Karl Marx, ECONOMIC & PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS Theodore Adorno, THE JARGON OF AUTHENTICITY Jean Baudrillard, SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION Donna J. Haraway, SIMIANS, CYBORGS, AND WOMEN N. Katherine Hayles, HOW WE BECAME POSTHUMAN Examinations and Assignments: Weekly film analysis, weekly reading journals, final paper. Additional Requirements and/or Comments: The class will meet during the regular Tues/Thurs sessions and will also include a movie lab on Mondays, 8pm-10pm.

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