Ethics After the Holocaust (FYS)
RELI 272F
Fall 2023 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
CJST 272F, GRST 266F |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
The philosopher Theodor Adorno declared, "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric." The Holocaust is a challenge to our understanding of modern society, ethics, and what it means to be human. We will engage films, graphic novels, art, and philosophical works as we try and grapple with the contemporary presence and relevance of the Holocaust. Are comparisons of other genocides to the Holocaust helpful or offensive? Was the Holocaust a lapse into barbarism or a dark side to the logic of modernity? We will see how thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas, and Martin Buber grappled with these and related questions such as the problem of evil, the meaning of suffering, and the presence of God in the death camps. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS RELI |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(RELI-MN)(RELI) |
Major Readings:
Jean Améry, AT THE MIND'S LIMITS
Houria Bouteldja, WHITES, JEWS, AND US
Hannah Arendt, EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM: A REPORT ON THE BANALITY OF EVIL
David Grossman, SEE UNDER: LOVE
Dara Horn, PEOPLE LOVE DEAD JEWS
László Nemes, SON OF SAUL
Art Spiegelman, MAUS
Steven Spielberg, SCHINDLER'S LIST
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly responses, three papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course satisfies the "Thematic Approach" requirement for the Religion major |
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