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URBS 106 - Philosophical & Contemporary Issues

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2019/20a: Critique on the Border. (Same as PHIL 106 ) Critique is a fundamental philosophical activity. This course focuses on critique as a practice related to the border via specific readings. Thus, the course simultaneously focuses on various instances of critique, or critical readings, as well as how the border plays a factor in such readings. Critique, defined by Kant, as the determination of limits and boundaries, requires a certain freedom of movement (even if just a freedom of thought to enjoy speculative flights of fancy). The person engaging in critique, then, is able to move and maneuver within and between various areas, disciplines, and regimes. At the same time, however, this person is able to determine who or what belongs in certain areas or disciplines. Here, the person engaged in critique becomes a border agent. The course thus assesses how one simultaneously evaluates certain philosophical, ethical, and political circumstances, while also situating individuals and groups within their areas. Borders examined include: the (in)violability of the body, the sanctity of the holy, the familiarity of home, and national boundaries, more generally. Osman Nemli.

Open only to first-year students; satisfies the college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS



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