ANTH 8950 - Nietzsche/Foucault:An Archaeology of Western Culture

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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We examine two thinkers important to a critical analysis of, and reflections on, Western culture. Through contextualizing their work historically, with close textual readings of key books and essays and secondary interpretations from leading scholars, plus lectures, class discussion, and dialogue "with present concerns," we will excavate the unconscious of our cultural practices and forms of thought. Through their work we willconduct rigorous inquiry into "systems of truth and ways of being." Truth, power, subjectivity, history, identity, "difference," cultural changand social movements will occupy our attention as we use Nietzsche and Foucault to think the present.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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