ECN 444 - Power

Institution:

University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

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Description:

What is “power”? How does it originate and infl uenceevents? Are there, or should there be, limits to power? How does power (or powerlessness) manifest itself within your life and community? Th is semester we will explore the concept of “power”, including its sources,deployment and eff ects, using a variety of sources, methods and disciplinary perspectives. To raise and address questions about power, we will carefully read, view, discuss and listen to primary source material related to our topic including texts, fi lm, art and music. Course content includes the perspective of philosophers (Friedrich Nietzsche, Th omas Hobbes), dramatists (Samuel Beckett, Christopher Marlowe) scientists (Rene Descartes, Albert Einstein), essayists (Ralph Waldo Emerson), autoenographers (Carolina Maria DeJesus), as well as the work of historians, economists, psychologists and scholars working in the fi elds of communication and gender studies. In addition students will design a service learning project(s) to research aspects of power and/or powerlessness within their life and community. Writing intensive. Group 8. 4 cr.

Credits:

8.40

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.unh.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 862-1234

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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