Philosophers of the 20th Century

Academic year 2011-12

Date last modified

23-4-2012 1:29

Period

Period 2

Startdate:

31-Oct-11

Enddate:

23-Dec-11

Code

HUM2014

ECTS credits

5.0

Organisational unit

University College Maastricht

Coordinator

D.J. Kamphof

Description

The course traces the critical heritage of the three so-called ‘masters of suspicion’, Nietzsche, Freud and Marx. All three of them attacked central concepts of modern thought, such as the universality of truth and values, and the centrality of rational consciousness. Focussing on three major themes, language, the human subject and cultural critique, we will study the new patterns of thought they gave rise to.

Goals

• To introduce students to some of the leading trends and ideas in continental twentieth century philosophy.

Instruction language

Prerequisites

HUM1007 Introduction to Philosophy

Recommended literature

• E-reader, reading room, internet and UM library. • Students are recommended to buy: Sartre, J.-P. (1948, 1974). Existentialism and Humanism. Methuen, London .

Teaching methods

PBL
PRESENTATION(S)
LECTURE(S)
ASSIGNMENT(S)
PAPER(S)

Assessment methods

FINAL PAPER
ATTENDANCE
PARTICIPATION
WRITTEN EXAM
ORAL EXAM
TAKE HOME EXAM

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