Goucher College 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    May 19, 2024  
Goucher College 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

RLG 235 - Hermeneutics and Deconstruction (3 Cr.)

(PHL 235 ) (GEN. ED. #7)
An overview of two current theories of interpretation articulated in Gadamer and Derrida and their applications in the social sciences, history, and literature. Examination and comparison of these methods of interpretation as they focus on the Dialogues of Plato. Secondary reading in Hoy’s The Critical Circle. Prerequisite: one 100-course in philosophy or permission of instructor or sophomore standing. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. Rose.