Postmondernism

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Postmodernism explores the relationship between art, science, and politics in contemporary philosophy. The course begins with a consideration of the legacies of Freud, Nietzsche, and Marx and continues with an analysis of such authors as Breton, Heidegger, Benjamin, Cortázar, Borges, Derrida, Foucault, Heisenberg, and Rorty. Uses film (including students' own short surrealist films) literature, and philosophical texts. Open to students in the University Honors Program; lead professor may approve enrollment of limited number of students not enrolled in the University Honors Program (who have minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA and/or have Junior or Senior standing in the academic major of the lead professor).