Week of Jan. 21: Introduction. Historical Context(s) of Modernity in German Intellectual History
Week of Jan.
28: Theories of Modernity.
Introduction to All That is Solid Melts into Air
Week of Feb. 4: “Marx, Modernism and Modernization” in All That is Solid
Week of Feb. 11: Manifesto of the Communist Party in The Marx-Engels Reader, pp. 469-500. Historical context, intellectual content, rhetorical strategy. Presentations
Week of Feb. 18: Further discussion on Manifesto. "Society and Economy in History" and "Theses on Feuerbach" in The Marx-Engels Reader, pp. 136-145. Presentations
Week of Feb. 25: Marx-Engels Reader, "The German Ideology," pp. 146-200. First paper due on Feb. 28
Week of March 4: Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, parts 1 and 2. Presentations.
Week of March 18: Zarathustra, parts 3 and 4. Allegories of Will to Power. Presentations
Week of March 25: Midterm on March 26. Discussion: Nietzsche and Life as Fiction
Week of April 1: Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil. Fragment as a Critical Genre. Presentations. Second paper due on April 4
Week of April 8: Beyond Good and Evil: The Outline of a New Philosophy. Nietzsche's "Transvaluation of Values"
Week of April 15: Fictional accounts, biographies, movies of Nietzsche. From The Freud Reader, "On Dreams," pp. 143-172
Week of April 22: Selections from The Freud Reader, Civilization and Its Discontents, pp. 722-772. Discussion on Nature/Culture. Presentations
Week of April 29: "Repression," "The Unconscious," and "Mourning and Melancholia," pp. 568-589 from The Freud Reader. Review, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Third paper due on May 2. Last day to turn in all written assignments is May 3.