GPHI 6097 -

Institution:

The New School

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The Idea of History in the Twentieth Century Fall 2008. Three credits. Agnes Heller In this lecture we will discuss some of the more important contributions to the philosophy of history in the twentieth century. We begin by reading Lukacs' essay "Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat" fro m History andClass Consciousness. We will continue by considering Collingwood's The Idea of History, Popper's The Poverty of Historicism, and selections from Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason and the work of Michel Foucault.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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