16.7 3rd and 4th years To be advised. At least two 200-level Arts subjects. Second semester Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week. Students completing this subject should have:

• developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
• gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
• demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.

The images of the 'city', 'progress', 'the public' and 'the nation' will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity. A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 5,000 words. Adorno T & Horkheimer M The Dialectic of Enlightenment. Berman M All That is Solid Melts into Air. Foucault M Discipline and Punish. 16.7 3rd year To be advised. Second semester Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week. Students completing this subject should have:

• developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
• gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
• demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.

The images of the 'city', 'progress', 'the public' and 'the nation' will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity. A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 5,000 words. Adorno T & Horkheimer M The Dialectic of Enlightenment. Berman M All That is Solid Melts into Air. Foucault M Discipline and Punish. 16.7 4th year To be advised. Second semester A weekly 2-hour seminar. Students completing this subject should have:

• developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
• gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
• demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.

The images of the 'city', 'progress', 'the public' and 'the nation' will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity. A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 6,000 words. Adorno T & Horkheimer M The Dialectic of Enlightenment Berman M All That is Solid Melts into Air Foucault M Discipline and Punish 16.7 3rd and 4th years To be advised. Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology. Second semester Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week. Students completing this subject should have:

• developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
• gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
• demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.

The images of the ë cityí , ë progressí , ë the publicí and ë the nationí will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity. A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 5,000 words. Adorno T & Horkheimer M The Dialectic of Enlightenment Berman M All That is Solid Melts into Air Foucault M Discipline and Punish