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Apr 25, 2024
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Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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PHL 217 - Contemporary Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
An advanced survey of contemporary philosophy as developed in the major philosophers of post-structuralism (post-1968), as well as a substantial examination of the traditions that have shaped contemporary philosophical debates. The course will begin with an overview of the writings of both Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, emphasizing dialectical materialism and the formation of subjectivity. The course will then examine how the ideas of Marx and Freud have been embraced by late twentieth-century theorists. Prerequisite: two courses in philsophy (one at the 200-level), or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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