Introduction to German Critical Thought (Kant to Freud)

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One of the great intellectual pleasures in our short lives is to engage with the tradition of modern German critical thought in its broader European context. This course introduces all Brown students who do not wish to deprive themselves of this complex pleasure to some of the giants who have prompted us to reconceptualize the way we think about the world and our tenuous place within it, from questions of what we can know to a critique of political economy and the dark side of our sexuality. Authors to be studied include Kant, Schiller, F. Schlegel, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. Undergraduates from diverse fields welcome. In English.