Twentieth Century French Philosophy

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Inseparable from its entanglements with epistemology, literature and literary theory, psychology, politics, science, and art, twentieth century French and Francophone philosophy is one of the most intriguing milieus for contemporary thought. With an emphasis on careful engagement with primary texts, this course will probe questions, problems, and concepts drawn from this tradition. Movements studied may include Bergsonism, French epistemology and philosophy of science, Francophone adaptations and extensions of existentialism and phenomenology, the Situationists, French feminist philosophy, French and Francophone anticolonial and decolonial political philosophy, psychoanalysis, structuralist Marxism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, and actor-network theory.