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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Social Theory

136-209/309 Critical Theories

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr John Rundell

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 12.5 points of first-year Arts.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Up to three hours of lectures/seminars a week

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, post-Marxism 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:

One literature review, one class paper and one essay together totalling 5000 words of written work.
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