This course is designed to introduce participants to some of the basic concepts of a
number of modes of social and philosophical inquiry which are now generally
brought together under the heading ‘critical theory.’ It aims to present an historical
overview of leading figures of nineteenth and twentieth-century critical theory
including Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Judith
Butler, Jacques Derrida and Hannah Arendt. The course will also encourage
participants to discuss the issues that these thinkers raise. Each week will focus in
detail on a specific text by one of the authors mentioned...
1 Introduction: Modernity as an Age of Critique
2 Immanuel Kant – What is Enlightenment?
3 G. W. F. Hegel – Master/Slave Dialectic
4 Karl Marx – Alienated Labour
5 Friedrich Nietzsche – On The Genealogy of Morals
6 Gilles Deleuze – A New Image of Thought
7 Michel Foucault – The Subject and Power
8 Maurizio Lazzarato – Critique of Contemporary Capitalism
9 Judith Butler – Critique of Sex/Gender
10 Walter Benjamin – Critique of Violence
11 Jacques Derrida – Force of Law
12 Hannah Arendt – On Violence
Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/362248990469860/
Facebook Group/ Occupii Group (including Course Description document and
recordings)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/318477744871169/
http://occupii.org/group/introduction-to-critical-theory-occupy-fridays/...
Montana