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Combining cosmology and metaphysics with reflections on morality and justice, Pope's philosophical poem Essay on Man (IF) exerted a remarkable influence on 18th century continental philosophy. This course charts the responses of Voltaire, Rousseau and Kant to the poem. See also the course Romantic Philosophy and the Physical Sciences (HP079) which wrongly appears in the Guide as A short introduction to the philosophy of science.
» Save to wishlist » Write a review of this courseDate: 1 Aug 13
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What is the purpose of art? Is it to reveal, conceal, or even manufacture reality? Does art have an emancipatory potential? In which case is the purpose of art to free us?
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We are used to hearing that aesthetic and even moral judgements are culturally relative. But what are the arguments against universal judgments? Is there such a thing as cultural relativism after all? Cultural relativism, culture, philosophy.
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The relationship between Freud, Jung and Sabina Spielrein was dramatised in David Cronenberg's film A Dangerous Method. How did Spielrein influence Freud's ideas about the death drive, and does her work help to clarify the split between Freudian and Jungian psychology? Freud, philosophy and psychoanalysis, philosophy, psychoanalysis.
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Whether real or imagined, horror erupts into everyday life at unexpected moments. From unspoken anxiety to cold terror, horror takes many forms, displacing rational thought with things that belong to something or somewhere else. But to what or where? From anxiety to terror: a philosophy of horror, philosophy.
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What does it mean to say we live in a postmodern era? Does sensitivity to cultural difference mean that we should abandon the idea of absolute values? Have media made politics obsolete?
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Kant asked questions about aesthetics that have occupied philosophy ever since. Explore the issues he raised and the questions he asked, and how Kant himself tried to answer them. Kant's aesthetics: beauty, genius and good taste, Kant, philosophy.
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We will light-heartedly identify Marx’s key themes, dispel some myths, read essential extracts, nail some serious problems with his theories, disagree about whether he got some things right, and debate his continuing relevance. All in one day!
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“In reality, money, like number and law, is a category of thought” (Spengler). We are entangled with money: money as information, prestige and status, desire, disgust, means, even an end-in-itself. Explore, in this class, what money really means.
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What impact did Freud's work have on philosophy? How have Freud and followers such as Lacan and Zizek handled traditional philosophical themes such as truth, meaning and the self?
» Save to wishlist » Write a review of this courseDate: 9 Apr 13 - 18 Jun 13
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