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Humanities and Social Science

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Module Offerings

5103SOC-JAN-MTP

Aims

1. To explore the development of cultural and critical theory in historical and epistemic contexts. 2. To develop students’ theoretical literacy and their ability to identify appropriate sources, both primary and secondary. 3. To examine and apply critical and cultural theory to questions relating to subjectivity and the constitution and experiences of modern subjects.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Theory and the challenges of modernity Situating cultural theory What is critical theory? Key thinkers including: Lukacs Benjamin Adorno Gramsci Foucault Lacan Butler Agamben (Thinkers covered might be subject to change)
Module Overview:
This module introduces you to a series of key thinkers in order to trace out the emergence of key strands in contemporary cultural and critical theory in relation to particular challenges associated with modernity and the conceptual, ethical, and political questions these presented. A particular emphasis will be placed upon the constitution and experiences of modern subjects in relation to what might be termed the violence and trauma of modernity. The thinkers covered might may be subject to change, but might indicatively include writers such as Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Gramsci, Foucault, Lacan, Butler, and Agamben, among others.
Additional Information:This module will introduce students to a series of key thinkers in order to trace out the emergence of key strands in contemporary cultural and critical theory in relation to particular challenges associated with modernity and the conceptual, ethical, and political questions these presented. A particular emphasis will be placed upon the constitution and experiences of modern subjects in relation to what might be termed the violence and trauma of modernity. The thinkers covered might well be subject to change, but might indicatively include writers such as Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Gramsci, Foucault, Lacan, Butler, and Agamben, among others.

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