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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Mr Horst Imberger.
Prerequisite: Those undertaking a major in social theory will normally be required to have completed 136-256/356 'Critical Theories I'.
Contact: Three hours of lectures/seminars a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
To introduce students to contemporary critical theories from western Marxism to postmodernism. These critical theories include the German Frankfurt School, French poststructuralism, the Budapest School, postmarxism and feminism.
Content:
Critical examination of major debates in contemporary social theory, with particular emphasis on the work of Habermas, Derrida, Lyotard, Heller, Irigarey and Castoriadis.
Assessment:
Up to 5,000 words of written work.
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2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p48) : Next:166-242 | Prev:131-276
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: To be advised.
Contact: Three hours of lectures/tutorials per week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
To introduce students to the writings of Althusser, Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida, Jameson and others; to develop a critical perspective on contemporary social-theoretic debates on post-structuralism and postmodernism.
Content:
This subject will examine the broad range of contemporary critical theories including western Marxism, the Frankfurt School and Habermasian critical theory, deconstruction, feminism, the Budapest School and post-marxism.
Assessment:
Up to 5,000 words of written work. Exemption from 2-hour end-of-semester examination to be granted on successful completion of essays.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, CONTENT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS, TITLE differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p48) : Next:166-242 | Prev:131-276
3. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p167) : Next:136-251 | Prev:166-246
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Mr Horst Imburger.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Student completing this subject should be able to:
- have a solid understanding of the critical theories of the twentieth century;
- demonstrate this understanding through a criticalengagement with the literature;
- be able to critically compare different ciritcal theories.
Content:
Critical examination of major debates in contemporary social theory, with particular emphasis on the work of Habermas, Derrida, Lyotard, Foucault, Heller, Irigaray and Castoriadis.
Assessment:
Up to 5,000 words of written work.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, CONTENT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, PREREQUISITES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
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