THEORETICAL PARADIGMS - HUM600 Fall 2024
Course
Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction
Sep 8
Theories of cultural artefacts, theories as cultural artefacts: the intersection of philosophy, history, and interpretation |
2. Psychoanalysis
Sep 15
Philosophies of subjective experience of time and the self |
3. Formalisms
Sep 15
The attempt to provide humanities with an objective basis |
4. Deconstruction
Aug 29
The Limits of Discourse |
5. Marxism and the Frankfurt SchoolDialectic materialism and contemporary approaches to Marxism |
6. Discourse Analysis
Nov 10
How historical processes have shaped our life through discourse |
7. Feminisms
Oct 6
Constructions of the gender difference |
8. Post colonialism
Nov 24
Constructing the other and otherness |
9. Race and EthnicityExploring the role of race and ethnicity |
10. The Posthuman
Dec 14
Reshaping criticism beyond anthropocentrism |
11. Disability StudiesAlternative modes of embodiment |
12. AnimalitiesOur relations with the planet’s co-habitants |
13. TechnologyExploring new and old possibilities |