Class 25: From Modernity to Post-Modernity
“When they stormed the Bastille they forgot the Sorbonne.”—Hélène Cixous, 1998. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European Intellectual History since Nietzsche is a survey course designed to introduce students to ...
7 Feb 202451min
Class 24: The Heidegger Controversy
“In the hut’s book, glancing towards the well’s star, in the hope of a word to come.”—Paul Celan, 1966. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European Intellectual History since Nietzsche is a survey course designed to ...
7 Feb 202451min
Class 23: “Antipolitics” & the Philosophy of Dissent
“In the post-totalitarian system, this line runs de facto through each person, for everyone in his or her own way is both a victim and a supporter of the system.”—Václav Havel, “The Power of the Powe...
7 Feb 202451min
Class 22: French Post-Structuralism: Derrida and Deconstruction
“I often describe deconstruction as something which happens. It’s not purely linguistic, involving text or books. You can deconstruct gestures, choreography. That’s why I enlarged the concept of text....
7 Feb 202451min
Class 21: Power and Archaeology: Michel Foucault
“Power is everywhere; not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere.”—Michael Foucault, The History of Sexuality vol. I. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European Intellectual History sin...
7 Feb 202450min
Class 20: Violence and the Sacred: René Girard
“Violence is the heart and secret soul of the sacred.”—René Girard, Violence and the Sacred. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European Intellectual History since Nietzsche is a survey course designed to introduce ...
7 Feb 202451min
Class 19: Structuralism and Anthropology
“. . .we must never lose sight of the fact that, in both anthropological and linguistic research, we are dealing strictly with symbolism.” –Claude Lévi-Strauss, “Structural Analysis in Linguistics an...
7 Feb 202451min
Class 18: Revisionist Marxism and Existentialism
“. . . man is essentially a being of praxis.” –Mihailo Marković, 1975. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European Intellectual History since Nietzsche is a survey course designed to introduce students to the domina...
7 Feb 202451min
