The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2)

Wesleyan University

课程信息

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?

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完成时间大约为21 小时

建议：3-5 hours/week

English

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100% 在线课程

立即开始，按照自己的计划学习。

完成时间大约为21 小时

建议：3-5 hours/week

English

字幕：English

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

20 minutes to complete

Course Pages

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2 readings

2 readings

Syllabus10m

Course Logistics10m

2

Section

1 hour to complete

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 videos (Total 49 min), 1 reading

4 videos

Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt I13m

Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt II13m

Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt III13m

Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt IV9m

1 readings

Intensity and the Ordinary: Sex, Death, Aggression and Guilt--Freud10m

3

Section

3 hours to complete

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 videos (Total 57 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness I15m

Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness II12m

Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness III14m

Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness IV14m

1 readings

Intensity and the Ordinary: Art, Loss, Forgiveness--Woolf10m

4

Section

3 hours to complete

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 videos (Total 54 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

The Postmodern Everyday I11m

The Postmodern Everyday II13m

The Postmodern Everyday III16m

The Postmodern Everyday IV12m

1 readings

The Postmodern Everyday--Emerson and Wittgenstein10m

5

Section

3 hours to complete

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 videos (Total 58 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

From Critical Theory to Postmodernism I13m

From Critical Theory to Postmodernism II13m

From Critical Theory to Postmodernism III16m

From Critical Theory to Postmodernism IV13m

1 readings

From Critical Theory to Postmodernism10m

6

Section

1 hour to complete

Paintings II

A very brief consideration of how artists are responding to the loss of foundations to produce work that redefines art. ...

2 videos (Total 36 min)

2 videos

Paintings II, Part I16m

Paintings II, Part II19m

7

Section

3 hours to complete

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 videos (Total 58 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

Postmodern Identities I12m

Postmodern Identities II12m

Postmodern Identities III14m

Postmodern Identities IV18m

1 readings

Postmodern Identities--Butler and Zizek10m

8

Section

1 hour to complete

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 videos (Total 46 min)

4 videos

Late-term Review I12m

Late-term Review II11m

Late-term Review III12m

Late-term Review IV10m

9

Section

3 hours to complete

Postmodern Pragmatisms

After postmodern playfulness, or alongside it, we see the resurgence of the pragmatic impulse to return philosophy to real human problems....

3 videos (Total 56 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

3 videos

Postmodern Pragmatisms I15m

Postmodern Pragmatisms II18m

Postmodern Pragmatisms III22m

1 readings

Postmodern Pragmatisms10m

2 hours to complete

Extra (Optional) Writing Assignment

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1 quiz

Instructor

Michael S. Roth

About Wesleyan University

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. ...

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The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2)