PHIL V3353 - European Social Philosophy: Smith To Weber

Institution:

Columbia University in the City of New York

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Prerequisites: One philosophy course. Frankfurt School: Adorno to Habermas. Histroical survey of the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School from its beginning to its presence, with special attention to the normative foundations, the explanation of social pathologies caused by capitalism and the recommended remedies for these defects. Authors, which will be included in the survey are Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Erich Fromm, the legal theorists Kirchheimer and Neumann and , finally, Habermas.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.columbia.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-1754

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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