Course: PHIL 423. Continental Philosophy (3)
Prerequisites: 6 units of coursework in philosophy. An overview of continental philosophy, including its roots in 19th-century thought. Emphasis is placed on key methods and movements in the history of continental thought, such as existentialism, phenomenology, deconstruction, Critical Theory, postmodernism, post-structuralism, de-colonial thought, and/or French feminism. Key figures may include: G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, Theodor Adorno, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Derrida. Available for graduate credit.