| Title: | Philosophy of Social Critique |
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| Course Section Number: | PHI-319-01 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Description: | PHI-319-01=PPE-329-01 This course will focus on the legitimacy of social institutions, or what makes social institutions just or unjust. The problem of legitimacy becomes particularly important for modern philosophers who conceive of the social world as historically contingent, which means that it could have been otherwise. This means that nothing justifies us in preferring our present social arrangements to any other social arrangements. Moreover, since social institutions involve power relations, then there seems to be no source of legitimacy that would make these power relations just as opposed to arbitrary and unjust. The course will focus on how we legitimize social institutions as well as on the norms that serve to criticize power relations as just or unjust. The course will take the form of an in-depth study of 19th and 20th century social and political philosophers. We will particularly focus on the work of G.W.F. Hegel and Karl Marx from the 19th century, and Michel Foucault and Enrique Dussel from the 20th century. These philosophers will help us raise questions regarding rights and the state, punishment, science and power, as well as globalization and colonialism. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 21, 2024 |
| End Date: | December 14, 2024 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/22/2024-12/12/2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Room to be Announced
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| Faculty: | Montiel, Jorge |
| Requisite Courses: | One prior course in Philosophy |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 18 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 18 |
| Calculated Course Status: | WAITLISTED |
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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PHI-319-01
(primary)
Philosophy of Social Critique |
WAITLISTED | Philosophy | 18 | 2 / 0 / 1 |
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PPE-329-01
(cross-listing)
Philosophy of Social Critique |
WAITLISTED | Philosophy, Politics, Economic | 18 | 16 / 0 / 4 |