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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 We explore the problem of violence and power in many ways and what philosophers have had to say about the incredible violence of the 20th and 21st centuries. This course introduces students to the philosophical/theological tradition of nonviolent resistance through a focus on such figures as Thoreau, Emerson, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Thomas Merton, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 The analysis of the rise of German nationalists and anti-Semitic ideology leading to World War II and the Holocaust: the Holocaust as an evil combination of violent actions and both respectable and intolerable ideas.
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9.00 Credits
What have the most important intellectuals of Europe and America said and written about September 11th and the Iraq War How have they aided our understanding of these events This is what we shall explore in this course. Intellectuals read and discussed include Habermas, Zizek, Derrida, Said, Butler, West, Baudrillard, Fish.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 1-3 Special topics studied in depth, depending on demand and staff. Possible topics include particular positions, e.g., Existentialism, Pragmatism, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 Looks at various post World War II philosophers in America and Europe, paying special attention to how they have addressed the most crucial political issues of our time, including the probe of genocide, America's two wars against Iraq, terrorism, September 11th, and globalization.
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 A philosophical study of the nature of art and creativity through the analysis of philosophers, critics, and artists who have treated these subjects.
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 The tension between the individual and the group exists in every culture. This interdisciplinary course examines many of the dimensions of this tension from different perspectives (e.g. psychological, sociological, artistic, etc.) And explores a wide range of proposals offered to enable a society to pursue the common good.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 1-3 Specific topics studied in depth, depending on demand and staff. Focus on the works of particular philosophers, in primary sources.
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 Required of senior majors in Philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 3 A comparative survey of the political and economic dilemmas of Less Developed Countries. Problems and theories concerning political development, colonialism, aid, and credit will be addressed as well as the impact of LDC's on the U.S. and vice versa.
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