Goucher College 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
Goucher College 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PHL 317 - Contemporary Philosophy (4 Cr.)

(Formerly PHL 217) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
An advanced introduction to contemporary philosophy. The course includes of survey of the major philosophers of post-structuralism (post-1968), such as Gilles Deleuze, Judith Butler, Pierre Bourdieu, and Giorgio Agamben, as well as an examination of the traditions that have shaped contemporary philosophical debates, including the work of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. Prerequisite: Either one philosophy course or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2017-18 and alternate years. DeCaroli.