关于此课程： This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern (or progressive, or hip) became one of the crucial criteria for understanding and evaluating cultural change. Are we still in modernity, or have we moved beyond the modern to the postmodern?
授课大纲
第 1 周
Course Pages
2 阅读材料
- Leitura: Syllabus
- Leitura: Course Logistics
第 2 周
Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt
With a focus on Civilization and its Discontents, we examine how Freud’s theories tried to expose profound instincts as they appeared in daily life.
4 视频, 1 阅读材料
- Leitura: Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt--Freud
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt I
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt II
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt III
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt IV
第 3 周
Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness
A reading of Virginia Woolf’s modernist novel To the Lighthouse shows how giving up the search for the “really real” can liberate one to attend to the everyday.
4 视频, 1 阅读材料
- Leitura: Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness--Woolf
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness I
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness II
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness III
- 视频: Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness IV
已评分: First Writing Assignment
第 4 周
The Postmodern Everyday
We go back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and forward to Ludwig Wittgenstein to consider how forms of life and language games need to foundation to be compelling.
4 视频, 1 阅读材料
- Leitura: The Postmodern Everyday--Emerson and Wittgenstein
- 视频: The Postmodern Everyday I
- 视频: The Postmodern Everyday II
- 视频: The Postmodern Everyday III
- 视频: The Postmodern Everyday IV
已评分: Second Writing Assignment
第 5 周
From Critical Theory to Postmodernism
Through a consideration of Max Horkheimer & Theodor Adorno along with Michel Foucault, we confront the philosophical effort to escape from totality in order to understand the politics of control.
4 视频, 1 阅读材料
- Leitura: From Critical Theory to Postmodernism
- 视频: From Critical Theory to Postmodernism I
- 视频: From Critical Theory to Postmodernism II
- 视频: From Critical Theory to Postmodernism III
- 视频: From Critical Theory to Postmodernism IV
已评分: Third Writing Assignment
第 6 周
Paintings II
A very brief consideration of how artists are responding to the loss of foundations to produce work that redefines art.
2 视频
- 视频: Paintings II, Part I
- 视频: Paintings II, Part II
第 7 周
Postmodern Identities
We examine short pieces by Judith Butler and Slavjo Zizek to understand how identities get formed (and performed) in a world without foundations.
4 视频, 1 阅读材料
- Leitura: Postmodern Identities--Butler and Zizek
- 视频: Postmodern Identities I
- 视频: Postmodern Identities II
- 视频: Postmodern Identities III
- 视频: Postmodern Identities IV
已评分: Fourth Writing Assignment
第 8 周
Late-term Review
Review of all the thinkers we have studied in Parts I and II of the class, along with some complementary material.
4 视频
- 视频: Late-term Review I
- 视频: Late-term Review II
- 视频: Late-term Review III
- 视频: Late-term Review IV
第 9 周
Postmodern Pragmatisms
After postmodern playfulness, or alongside it, we see the resurgence of the pragmatic impulse to return philosophy to real human problems.
3 视频, 1 阅读材料
- Leitura: Postmodern Pragmatisms
- 视频: Postmodern Pragmatisms I
- 视频: Postmodern Pragmatisms II
- 视频: Postmodern Pragmatisms III
已评分: Fifth Writing Assignment
Extra (Optional) Writing Assignment
1 项目
- Avaliação entre colegas: Extra (Optional) Writing Assignment
常见问题解答
运作方式
Trabalho
Cada curso é como um livro didático interativo, com vídeos pré-gravados, testes e projetos.
Ajuda dos seus colegas
Conecte-se com milhares de outros aprendizes, debata ideias, discuta sobre os materiais do curso e obtenha ajuda para dominar conceitos.
Certificados
Obtenha reconhecimento oficial pelo seu trabalho e compartilhe seu sucesso com amigos, colegas e empregadores.
制作方
卫斯连大学
At Wesleyan, distinguished scholar-teachers work closely with students, taking advantage of fluidity among disciplines to explore the world with a variety of tools. The university seeks to build a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who think critically and creatively and who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit.
评分和审阅
After my experience on Part 1, I chose to only watch the lectures. I really enjoyed them. Prof Roth's delivery is excellent. The course gave me much food for thought, but I couldn't face writing the essays.
The reading timings should be set to more realistic values, to give us students a true idea of what we are committing to.
A very enlightening approach showering rich content through diverse methodologies. Thanks a lot
It was a great learning experience.
I came away from the course with a much better understanding of why the world is the way it is today. The diversity of thought offered by great thinkers in featured readings is amazing. Highly recommended!